Information Storage & Management M.Tech Model Question Paper : mgu.ac.in

Name of the University : Mahatma Gandhi University
Department : Computer Science and Engineering
Degree : M.Tech
Subject Code/Name : MCSCS 206.4/Information Storage And Management
Sem : II
Website : mgu.ac.in
Document Type : Model Question Paper

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MGU Information Storage Question Paper

M.TECH. Degree Examination :
Branch: Computer Science and Engineering
Specialization : Computer Science and Engineering

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Model Question Paper – II :
Second Semester :
MCSCS 206.4 Information Storage And Management :
(Elective IV)
(Regular – 2011 Admission onwards)
Time: 3hrs
Maximum:100 marks

Answer the following Questions. :
1. a) Explain the Virtuous Cycle of Information? (7)
b) Explain the Evolution of storage Technology and Architecture?(9)
c) What are the key challenges in Managing Information?(9)
or
2. a) Explain Briefly about the information storage?(8)
b) What are the key characteristics of Data center elements? (8)
c) Explain the Information Life Cycle Management? (9)

3. a) What are the Major factors that Affect Disk drive Performance?(7)
b) What is Zone bit Recording? (6)
c) Explain the major Components in Storage System environment? (12)
or
4. a) What is Data Transfer Rate?(6)
b) Describe the Logical Components of Connectivity?(7)
c) Explain Briefly about Intelligent storage system?(12)

5. a) Explain SATA and IDE/ATA ? (7)
b) Explain the Fiber Channel Protocol Stack? (9)
c) Describe the Benefits of CAS?(9)
or
6. a) What are the Benefits and Limitation of DAS? (8)
b) Explain the Components of IP-SAN? (8)
c) Describe the different FC Topologies? (9)

7. a) Explain the Different Modes of Remote replication? (8)
b) Explain the SNIA storage Virtualization Taxonomy? (8)
c) Explain briefly about Backup Technologies? (9)
or
8. a) Explain about Virtual tape Library? (8)
b) Explain the different challenges in Storage Virtualization? (8)
c) Explain Remote Replication Technologies? (9)

Paper – I

Model Question :
Answer the following Questions. :
1. a) Describe the different Types of Data? (8)
b) Explain the core Elements of Data center?(8)
c) Describe ILM Implementation?(9)
or
2. a) How to Manage the storage Infrastructure?(7)
b) Explain the ILM Benefits? (8)
c) Explain Briefly about Information Storage? (10)

3. a) Explain Seek Time and Rotational Latency?(7)
b) Explain the Physical components of connectivity? (8)
c) Explain Briefly about Caches? (10)
or
4. a) Explain about CLARiiON system? (9)
b) Explain the Logical Components of Host? (6)
c) Briefly Explain about Disk drive Components? (10)

5. a) Explain the Different Types of SCSI? (6)
b) What is zoning and explain its different types? (9)
c) Describe the CAS Architecture.(10)
or
6. a) Explain the Components of SAN? (8)
b) What are the factors that affecting NAS performance? (8)
c) Explain the Different Disk Drive Interfaces? (9)

7. a) Explain Briefly about Host Based Replication? (7)
b) Describe Backup Granularity? (6)
c) Explain the Different forms of Virtualization? (12)
or
8. a) Explain briefly about Backup Topologies?(8)
b) Explain the different types of Storage Virtualization? (9)
c) Explain Local Replication Technologies (8)

Paper – II

M.Tech. Degree Examination :
Branch : Computer Science and Engineering
Specialization : Computer Science and Engineering
Model Question
Second Semester
MCSCS 206.1 MULTICORE ARCHITECTURE (Elective IV) (Regular – 2011 Admission on wards)
Time : 3hrs
Maximum : 100 marks

Answer the following Questions :
1. a) What is Simultaneous Multi threading? (6)
b) Explain Dynamic Branch Prediction? (9)
c) Describe Super scalar processor Design?(10)
or
2. a) What is Hardware based Speculation? (8)
b) What is loop unrolling ? (8)
c) How data hazard are overcoming with dynamic scheduling? (9)

3. a) Explain relaxed consistency models for memory consistency? (7)
b) Explain how protection is provided in virtual memory? (7)
c) Describe eleven advanced optimizations for cache performance? (11)
or
4. a) Explain the issues related to Multi-core caches? (9)
b) Describe distributed shared memory architecture? (6)
c) Explain protection in virtual memory and virtual machines? (10)

5. a) What is scalable cache coherence? (6)
b) How locks are implemented using coherence? (9)
c) Describe directory based cache coherence?(10)
or
6. a) Explain Split transaction bus with multilevel caches? (8)
b) Explain snoop based multiprocessor design? (8)
c) Describe the cache coherence protocols for single level caches and multilevel cache hierarchies? (9)

7. a) Explain PowerPC RISC Design? (8)
b) Describe arbitration logic? (7)
c) Give a description about Power 5 architecture? (10)
or
8. a) Explain Power processor element? (7)
b) Explain the router architecture in interconnection networks? (8)
c) Describe in detail the PowerPC architecture? (10)