COMP9243 Distributed Systems (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.6/5 overall across 2 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP9243 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Computer Science and Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 分布式系统
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Postgraduate Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
A detailed coverage of distributed systems, with a particular focus on operating systems issues: client-server paradigm, remote-procedure call as OS support for client-server; distributed shared memory, distributed memory coherency; distributed file systems; distributed process management, including load sharing and process migration; concurrency control; fault tolerance, recoverability and distributed transactions; naming; industry standards; case studies.
COMP9243 has 2 scored reviews: overall 3.6/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.5/5).
On Reddit: "Distributed systems is a fantastic course. I loved it and the guest lecture at Google was excellent. Computer Networks (COMP3331) is a prerequisite, I don't think it's strictly necessary but hopefully you've done it. The assignments are purely coding like OS except you get no st…"
On Reddit: "Yes there are only 5 computing electives. It really depends on what you want to do.Do you want to go more theoretical? Do: * COMP4121 * COMP3151 * COMP6741 * COMP4141 * COMP4161 Do you want to build software? Do: * COMP2041 * COMP6080 * COMP6991 * COMP3891 * COMP3311 Do you want…"
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Q: Is COMP9243 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 2 reviews: overall 3.6/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP9243, and when is it offered?
A: COMP9243 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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