DO NOT LOOK AT THIS YET -- IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT IS HIGHLY LIKELY TO BE INACCURATE, INCLUDING DATES ON ASSIGNMENTS, EXAMS AND GUEST LECTURES
(Note: This schedule is subject to change, especially in terms of the lecture contents and lecture order.)
| Week of | Monday | Wednesday |
|---|---|---|
| 1/11 - 1/15 |
L1: Introduction and overview of storage systems | L2: Metrics of I/O system quality
HW 0 out (pdf) (ps) solns: (pdf) (ps) HW 1 out (pdf) (ps) |
| 1/18 - 1/22 |
No class (MLK Day) | L3: Disk drive operation |
| 1/25 - 1/29 |
L3 cont: Disk operation and firmware | L4: Disk firmware and request optimization |
| 2/1 - 2/5 |
L5: File system organization
HW 2 out (pdf) (ps) |
L6: On-disk data layout
Lab 1 out (pdf) (ps) - gzipped files - run_fsck.pl - insert_errors.pl - insert errors config file - fsck paper |
| 2/8 - 3/12 |
No class (Snowtastic) | No class (Snowtastic) |
| 2/15 - 2/19 |
L7: Caching and FS integrity | L8: Disk request optimization |
| 2/22 - 2/26 |
L9: Disk array organization | EXAM 1
(pdf solns,
ps solns)
Spring'04: exam solns Fall'05: exam solns Fall'06: exam solns Spring'08: exam solns Spring'09: exam solns |
| 3/1 - 3/5 |
L10: Disk array systems
LAB 1 DUE AT MIDNIGHT |
L11: Flash storage
Lab 2 out (pdf) - instructions.pdf - FUSE_functions.pdf - test.tgz (new) - 746.vdi.bz2 - flash.vdi.bz2 - disk.vdi.bz2 - NotesOnProject2.pdf(new) |
| 3/8 - 3/12 |
No class (Spring Break) | No class (Spring Break) |
| 3/15 - 3/19 |
L12: Distributed file systems | L13: NAS interfaces |
| 3/22 - 3/26 |
L14: Storage Virtualization | Guest speaker: Marc Unangst, Panasas
Parallel storage systems |
| 3/29 - 4/2 |
L15: Storage security |
L16: Storage for data-intensive computing |
| 4/5 - 4/9 |
Guest speaker: John Bent, LANL
Storage for high-performance computing |
Guest speaker: Rob Latham, Argonne
I/O Middleware |
| 4/12 - 4/16 |
L17: Backup and disaster recovery | Guest speaker: Hugo Patterson, EMC/Data Domain
Data protection and deduplication |
| 4/19 - 4/23 |
L18: Catch-up and Exam 2 Q&A |
EXAM 2
Fall'05: exam
solns
Spring'08: exam
solns
|
| 4/26 - 4/30 |
Guest speaker | Guest speaker: Mike Kazar, Avere Systems
Avere's demand-driven storage (w/ SSDs) |