18-746 Schedule (Fall 2006)

Note: The homework dates (except for HW0) and the lecture contents and order are subject to change.

Week of	Tuesday	Thursday
8/28 - 9/1	L1: Introduction and overview of storage systems HW 0 out (pdf) (ps)	L2: Metrics of I/O system quality HW 1 out (pdf) (ps) Lab 1 out (pdf) (ps) (disksim emulator)
9/4 - 9/8	L3: Disk drive operation HW 0 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps)	L4: Disk drive firmware
9/11 - 9/15	Guest speaker: Erik Riedel Seagate Research Topic: Storage Technology Futures	L5: Disk request optimization
9/18 - 9/22	No Class	L6: File system organization HW 1 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps) HW 2 out (pdf) (ps)
9/25 - 9/29	L7: On-disk data layout	L8: Caching and FS integrity
10/2 - 10/6	L9: Database storage management LAB 1 DUE Lab 2 out (pdf) (ps) - gzipped files - fsck paper	No Class
10/9 - 10/13	L8: Caching and FS integrity (continued) HW 2 DUE : solns (pdf) (ps) HW 3 out(pdf) (ps)	EXAM 1:solns (pdf) (ps) (Fall'05 exam, Fall'05 solns) (Spring'04 exam, Spring'04 solns) (Spring'03 exam, Spring'03 solns)
10/16 - 10/20	L10: Storage protocols, controllers, and device drivers	L11: Storage networking
10/23 - 10/27	L12: Disk array organization	L13: Disk array systems LAB 2 DUE
10/30 - 11/3	L14: Distributed file systems	No Class
11/6 - 11/10	L15: NAS interfaces HW 4 out(pdf) (ps)	L16: Virtualization HW 3 DUE Solns ( pdf ) Lab 3 out (pdf) (ps) (UPDATED SRC)
11/13 - 11/17	L17: Backup and disaster recovery	L18: Storage access control
11/20 - 11/24	L19: Distributed storage security	No class (Thanksgiving)
11/27 - 12/1	L20: Capacity planning OR Guest speaker: TBD Title, employer Topic: TBD HW 4 DUE solns: (pdf)	EXAM 2 (Exam) (Solns) (Fall'05 Exam) (Fall'05 solns) (Spring'03 exam, Spring'03 solns)
12/4 - 12/8	Guest speaker: TBD Title, employer Topic: TBD	Guest speaker: TBD Title, employer Topic: TBD LAB 3 DUE