THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT IS HIGHLY LIKELY TO BE INACCURATE, INCLUDING DATES ON ASSIGNMENTS, EXAMS AND GUEST LECTURES
| Week of | Monday | Wednesday |
|---|---|---|
| 1/10 - 1/14 |
L1: Introduction and overview of storage systems | L2: Metrics of I/O system quality |
| 1/17 - 1/21 |
No class (MLK Day) | L3: Disk drive operation |
| 1/24 - 1/28 |
L3 cont: Disk operation and firmware | L4: Disk firmware and request optimization |
| 1/31 - 2/4 |
L5: File system organization | L6: On-disk data layout Lab 1 out (pdf) (ps) - gzipped files - fsck paper |
| 2/7 - 2/11 |
L7: Caching and FS integrity | L8: Disk request optimization |
| 2/14 - 2/18 |
L9: Disk array organization | No class |
| 2/21 - 2/25 |
L10: Disk array systems | EXAM 1 Spring'11: solns Spring'04: exam solns Fall'05: exam solns Fall'06: exam solns Spring'08: exam solns Spring'09: exam solns Spring'10: exam solns |
| 2/28 - 3/4 |
L11: Flash storage |
Flash storage ++ cont. LAB 1 DUE AT MIDNIGHT (Sat. after extensions) |
| 3/7 - 3/11 |
No class (Spring Break) | No class (Spring Break) |
| 3/14 - 3/18 |
Lab #2 overview L12: start on Distributed file systems Lab 2 out - Handout and Slides - VirtualBox Images - Skeleton Source and Scripts |
L13: more Distributed file systems and NAS Interfaces |
| 3/21 - 3/25 |
L14: Storage Virtualization | L15: Scalable FS directories |
| 3/28 - 4/1 |
L18: Backup and disaster recovery | Guest speaker: David Anderson Director, Strategic Planning, Seagate Topic: Trends and advances in disk drives |
| 4/4 - 4/8 |
Guest speaker: Jiri Schindler NetApp Advanced Technologies Group Topic: HW/SW architecture of modern filers |
Guest speaker: Marc Unangst Software Engineer, Google Topic: Cluster File Systems |
| 4/11 - 4/15 |
L19: Storage for data-intensive computing |
Planning for Exascale |
| 4/18 - 4/22 |
L18: Catch-up and Exam 2 Q&A |
EXAM 2
Fall'05: exam solns Spring'08: exam solns |
| 4/25 - 4/29 |
Guest speaker: Dan Lovinger, Microsoft Principal Architect, Windows File Server Topic: SMB file services design and evolution |
Guest speaker: Erik Riedel, EMC Senior Director of Tech & Arch Cloud Infrastructure Group at EMC Topic: Cloud Computing and Storage |