Last modified: Sat Jan 17 12:43:21 EST 2009
(Note: This schedule is subject to change, especially in terms of the lecture contents and lecture order.)
| Week of | Monday | Wednesday |
|---|---|---|
| 1/12 - 1/16 |
L1: Introduction and overview of storage systems | L2: Metrics of I/O system quality |
| 1/19 - 1/23 |
No class (MLK Day) | L3: Disk drive operation |
| 1/26 - 1/30 |
L3 cont: Disk operation and firmware | L4: Disk firmware and request optimization |
| 2/2 - 2/6 |
L5: Disk request optimization | L6: Flash storage |
| 2/9 - 2/13 |
L7: File system organization | L8: On-disk data layout
HW 2 out (pdf) (ps) |
| 2/16 - 2/20 |
L9: Caching and FS integrity
LAB 1 DUE Lab 2 out (pdf) (ps) - gzipped files - fsck paper |
L10: Storage protocols, controllers, and device drivers |
| 2/23 - 2/27 |
L11: Storage networking | EXAM 1
(Solns)
(Spring'08 solns)
|
| 3/2 - 3/6 |
L12: Disk array organization | L13: Disk array systems
LAB 2 DUE FRIDAY THE 6TH |
| 3/9 - 3/13 |
No class (Spring Break) | No class (Spring Break) |
| 3/16 - 3/20 |
L14: Distributed file systems | L15: NAS interfaces |
| 3/23 - 3/27 |
Guest speaker: Marc Unangst Architect, Panasas Topic: Parallel File Systems |
Guest speaker: John Bent Los Alamos Nat'l Lab Topic: Storage for Petascale Computing |
| 3/30 - 4/3 |
Project 3 Discussion
Lab 3 out, Handout(pdf) Lecture Slides(pdf), Lab 3 code(zip) Fixed plfs binaries(tgz) |
L16: Virtualization |
| 4/6 - 4/10 |
Guest speaker: Brent Welch Director of Software Arch, Panasas Topic: Lessons from the trenches |
L17: Storage security |
| 4/13 - 4/17 |
L18: Backup and disaster recovery | L19: Storage for data-intensive computing |
| 4/20 - 4/24 |
L17: Storage security MAKE UP DATE |
EXAM 2: solns
(Spring'08 solns)
|
| 4/27 - 5/1 |
Guest speaker: Erik Riedel Seagate Research Topic: Personal/home storage |
L19: Storage for data-intensive computing MAKE UP DATE |