18-746 Schedule (Spring 2003)

Last modified: Thu May 22 12:26:45 EDT 2003

(Note: This schedule is subject to change, especially in terms of the lecture contents and lecture order.)

Week of Monday Wednesday Friday

1/13
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1/17 L1: Introduction and overview of storage systems
HW 0 out (pdf) (ps)
L2: Metrics of I/O system quality
HW 1 out (pdf) (ps)
No class
HW 0 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps)

1/20
-
1/24 No class: Martin Luther King day L3: Disk drive operation
Lab 1 out (pdf) (ps) - emulator
L4: Disk drive firmware

1/27
-
1/31 No class L5: Disk request optimization Guest: Dave Anderson
Strategic Director, Seagate
Topic: Disk drives

2/3
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2/7 L6: File system organization
HW 1 DUE: solns (ps)
HW 2 out (pdf) (ps)
L7: On-disk data layout L8: Caching and FS integrity
Lab 1 DUE
Lab 2 out (pdf) (ps) - files

2/10
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2/14 L9: Database storage management L10: Storage protocols, controllers, and device drivers No class (happy Valentine's Day)

2/17
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2/21 No class (snow) L11: Storage interconnects L12: Storage networking
HW 2 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps)

2/24
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2/28 L13: Distributed file systems
Lab 2 DUE
EXAM 1: solns (pdf) (ps) Guest: Steve Kleiman
CTO, NetApp
Topic: Distributed FS
HW 3 out (pdf) (ps)

3/3
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3/7 L14: Disk array organization L15: Disk array systems
Lab 3 out (pdf) (ps) - files
No class (mid-semester break)

3/10
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3/14 Guest: Ric Wheeler
Principal Design Engineer, EMC
Topic: Disk array systems L16: NAS interfaces
HW 3 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps)
No class

3/17
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3/21 L17: Distributed file systems II L18: Virtualization No class
Lab 3 DUE

3/24
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3/28 No class (spring break) No class (spring break) No class (spring break)

3/31
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4/4 L19: Really distributed storage No class
Lab 4 out (html)
L20: Backup and disaster recovery
HW 4 out (pdf) (ps)

4/7
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4/11 Guest: Harald Skardal
SNIA Data Protection, NetApp
Topic: Data protection L21: Storage access control No class (Carnival)

4/14
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4/18 L22: Distributed storage security L23: Capacity planning No class

4/21
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4/25 Guest: Jim Hughes
StorageTek Fellow
Topic: Storage security Guest: Richie Lary
Independent consultant
Topic: Storage system evolution
HW 4 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps) L24: Alternate storage technologies
Lab 4 DUE

4/28
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5/2 No class Guest: Mark Carlson
SNIA Storage Management, Sun
Topic: Storage management EXAM 2: solns (pdf) (ps)

Week of	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
1/13 - 1/17	L1: Introduction and overview of storage systems HW 0 out (pdf) (ps)	L2: Metrics of I/O system quality HW 1 out (pdf) (ps)	No class HW 0 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps)
1/20 - 1/24	No class: Martin Luther King day	L3: Disk drive operation Lab 1 out (pdf) (ps) - emulator	L4: Disk drive firmware
1/27 - 1/31	No class	L5: Disk request optimization	Guest: Dave Anderson Strategic Director, Seagate Topic: Disk drives
2/3 - 2/7	L6: File system organization HW 1 DUE: solns (ps) HW 2 out (pdf) (ps)	L7: On-disk data layout	L8: Caching and FS integrity Lab 1 DUE Lab 2 out (pdf) (ps) - files
2/10 - 2/14	L9: Database storage management	L10: Storage protocols, controllers, and device drivers	No class (happy Valentine's Day)
2/17 - 2/21	No class (snow)	L11: Storage interconnects	L12: Storage networking HW 2 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps)
2/24 - 2/28	L13: Distributed file systems Lab 2 DUE	EXAM 1: solns (pdf) (ps)	Guest: Steve Kleiman CTO, NetApp Topic: Distributed FS HW 3 out (pdf) (ps)
3/3 - 3/7	L14: Disk array organization	L15: Disk array systems Lab 3 out (pdf) (ps) - files	No class (mid-semester break)
3/10 - 3/14	Guest: Ric Wheeler Principal Design Engineer, EMC Topic: Disk array systems	L16: NAS interfaces HW 3 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps)	No class
3/17 - 3/21	L17: Distributed file systems II	L18: Virtualization	No class Lab 3 DUE
3/24 - 3/28	No class (spring break)	No class (spring break)	No class (spring break)
3/31 - 4/4	L19: Really distributed storage	No class Lab 4 out (html)	L20: Backup and disaster recovery HW 4 out (pdf) (ps)
4/7 - 4/11	Guest: Harald Skardal SNIA Data Protection, NetApp Topic: Data protection	L21: Storage access control	No class (Carnival)
4/14 - 4/18	L22: Distributed storage security	L23: Capacity planning	No class
4/21 - 4/25	Guest: Jim Hughes StorageTek Fellow Topic: Storage security	Guest: Richie Lary Independent consultant Topic: Storage system evolution HW 4 DUE: solns (pdf) (ps)	L24: Alternate storage technologies Lab 4 DUE
4/28 - 5/2	No class	Guest: Mark Carlson SNIA Storage Management, Sun Topic: Storage management	EXAM 2: solns (pdf) (ps)