18-746 Schedule (Spring 2004)

A schedule will be here shortly.

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

Week of Monday Wednesday Friday

1/12
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1/16 L1: Introduction and overview of storage systems
HW 0 out (pdf) (ps)
L2: Metrics of I/O system quality
HW 1 out (pdf) (ps)
L3: Disk drive operation
HW 0 DUE: solns (ps)

1/19
-
1/23 No class: Martin Luther King day L4: Disk drive firmware L5: Disk request optimization
Lab 1 out (pdf) (ps) - emulator

1/26
-
1/30 L6: File system organization L7: On-disk data layout No class

2/2
-
2/6 No class L8: Caching and FS integrity
HW 1 DUE: solns (ps)
HW 2 out(pdf) (ps)
No class
2/9
-
2/13 L9: Database storage management
Lab 1 DUE
L10: Storage protocols, controllers, and device drivers L11: Storage interconnects

2/16
-
2/20 No class L12: Storage networking EXAM 1: solns (pdf) (ps)
Lab 2 out (pdf) (ps) - files - fsck

2/23
-
2/27 L13: Disk array organization
HW 2 DUE: solns (ps)
HW 3 out(pdf) (ps)
No class L14: Distributed file systems

3/1
-
3/5 L15: Disk array systems L16: NAS interfaces No class

3/8
-
3/12 No class (spring break) No class (spring break) No class (spring break)

3/15
-
3/19 L17: Virtualization
HW 3 DUE: solns (ps)
L18: Distributed file systems II No class

3/22
-
3/26 L19: Distributed storage recap L20: Cooperating caches, proxies and CDNs
HW 4 out (pdf) (ps)
No class

3/29
-
4/2 No class (spring break) No class (spring break) No class (spring break)

4/5
-
4/9 L21: Backup and disaster recovery L22: Storage access control
Lab 4 out (html)
No class

4/12
-
4/16 L23: Distributed storage security L24: Capacity planning
HW 4 DUE: solns (ps) No class (Carnival)

4/19
-
4/23 Guest: David Black
EMC
Storage Networking
No class Guest: Erik Riedel
Research manager, Seagate
Topic: Storage technology futures

4/26
-
4/30 Guest: Mike Kazar
CTO, Spinnaker (now NetApp)
Topic: NFS server virtualization
Review/Exam/No class Second Exam (pdf, ps)
Solutions: (pdf, ps)

Week of	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
1/12 - 1/16	L1: Introduction and overview of storage systems HW 0 out (pdf) (ps)	L2: Metrics of I/O system quality HW 1 out (pdf) (ps)	L3: Disk drive operation HW 0 DUE: solns (ps)
1/19 - 1/23	No class: Martin Luther King day	L4: Disk drive firmware	L5: Disk request optimization Lab 1 out (pdf) (ps) - emulator
1/26 - 1/30	L6: File system organization	L7: On-disk data layout	No class
2/2 - 2/6	No class	L8: Caching and FS integrity HW 1 DUE: solns (ps) HW 2 out(pdf) (ps)	No class
2/9 - 2/13	L9: Database storage management Lab 1 DUE	L10: Storage protocols, controllers, and device drivers	L11: Storage interconnects
2/16 - 2/20	No class	L12: Storage networking	EXAM 1: solns (pdf) (ps) Lab 2 out (pdf) (ps) - files - fsck
2/23 - 2/27	L13: Disk array organization HW 2 DUE: solns (ps) HW 3 out(pdf) (ps)	No class	L14: Distributed file systems
3/1 - 3/5	L15: Disk array systems	L16: NAS interfaces	No class
3/8 - 3/12	No class (spring break)	No class (spring break)	No class (spring break)
3/15 - 3/19	L17: Virtualization HW 3 DUE: solns (ps)	L18: Distributed file systems II	No class
3/22 - 3/26	L19: Distributed storage recap	L20: Cooperating caches, proxies and CDNs HW 4 out (pdf) (ps)	No class
3/29 - 4/2	No class (spring break)	No class (spring break)	No class (spring break)
4/5 - 4/9	L21: Backup and disaster recovery	L22: Storage access control Lab 4 out (html)	No class
4/12 - 4/16	L23: Distributed storage security	L24: Capacity planning HW 4 DUE: solns (ps)	No class (Carnival)
4/19 - 4/23	Guest: David Black EMC Storage Networking	No class	Guest: Erik Riedel Research manager, Seagate Topic: Storage technology futures
4/26 - 4/30	Guest: Mike Kazar CTO, Spinnaker (now NetApp) Topic: NFS server virtualization	Review/Exam/No class	Second Exam (pdf, ps) Solutions: (pdf, ps)