What are the advantages and disadvantages of a timesharing system?

Answer 1

A time-sharing system (what we call a server nowdays) provides many many people the opportunity to use the system. Technically, even a standard PC is a time-sharing system, because you can run many different programs on it at a time (think Browser, iTunes, Anti-Virus, etc.).

The old mainframe systems had a card reader and an output. Only one set of cards could be run through at a time. So, if payroll was running through all 14000 employee's paycheck calculations, you had to wait until they were done. Modern mainframe systems have some time-sharing capabilities by allowing multiple processes to run on the system, but those processes are virtualized, rather than a true sharing system. However, the details of that can be left to others.

There are benefits and downsides to every type of system. In a mainframe-style system, all resources are available to the process being run, which benefits large data crunching operations (like payroll). The downside to a mainframe-style system is that only one process can run at a time in each virtual machine.

In a server-style system, all resources are shared among all processes. If a process "runs away" by using more processes than it should, then the other processes suffer, which the end-user sees as a server responding very slowly and/or "timing out". The upside to a server-style system is that you can serve web pages to thousands of people, while at the same time handling thousands of pieces of email.

If you go for a little bit of luxury and the convenience for your vacation, then, timeshares might be the one you're looking for. But if you're on a tight budget, this may not be for you especially with our crisis-stricken economy. The number one disadvantage of this is the cost involve like the maintenance fees.

in short

advantages are

1.high CPU efficiency.

2.each user gets CPU time.

disadvantage

1.complex OS requried.

Answer 2

TimesharesProsOne of the major benefits of the product is the fact that vacation timeshare is real property. Resort developers purchase land in a location and develop a timeshare resort, customers can do what they wish with the weeks they own. This flexibility includes the opportunity to rent out weeks that are not used or lend them to friends or family.

Well, the main advantage maybe is that you have a vacation property for a certain period of time without actually paying its full cost. Since your vacation is once or twice a year, it is just right that you pay for that property for that certain period of time. The disadvantage is nowadays, some timeshare companies are making unreasonable profits out of this form of vacationing while it is supposed to minimize vacation costs of its clients. This includes unexpected fees like special assessment fees, etc.

ConsThe timeshare industry has been widely criticized and even likened to a travel scam.

Unlike the customary renting arrangement, where the customer decides every year on the quality and price of accommodations, timeshare requires a major payment up front. Doubts exist as to whether timeshare buyers ever recover the money spent.

Many people complain that they cannot trade their weeks easily, or that the weeks they bought are suddenly "unavailable". There are also complaints that owners have to return to the same resort every year

There is a yearly maintenance fee.