18-546: 2001 Spring Schedule

Week Monday Wednesday
1/15
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1/17 		No Classes - Martin Luther King Day L1: Intro and overview of storage systems

HW 0 Out

1/22
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1/24 		L2: Metrics of I/O system quality

HW 1 Out, HW 0 Due, Soln

L3: Disk drive operation
1/29
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1/31 		L4: Disk drive firmware L5: Disk request scheduling
2/5
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2/7 		L6: Disk block caching

HW 2 Out - Prob 1, HW 1 Due, Soln

L7: Buses, interconnects, SANs
2/12
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2/14 		L8: Controllers and device drivers L9: Storage protocols
2/19
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2/21 		L10: File system organization

HW 3 Out, HW 2 Due, Soln

L11: File system structures
2/26
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2/28 		L12: Data naming and indexing L13: Naming and database intro
3/5
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3/7 		L14: Database storage management

HW 3 Due, Soln

Exam 1 - Soln
3/14
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3/16 		L15: Multi-disk systems

HW 4 Out - Prob 4

L16: Disk array organization

Note: this week was shifted to Wed/Fri

3/19
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3/21 		L17: Disk array systems L18: NAS interfaces
3/26
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3/28 		No Classes - Spring Break No Classes - Spring Break
4/4
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4/6 		L19: Client caching

HW 5 Out, HW 4 Due, Soln

L20: Backup and Disaster Recovery

Note: this week was shifted to Wed/Fri

4/11
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4/13 		L21: Another Pass Thru NAS L22: Wide Area Caching

Note: this week was shifted to Wed/Fri

4/16
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4/18 		L23: Storage access control L24: Storage security

HW 6 Out, HW 5 Due, Soln

4/25
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4/27 		L25: Alternate storage technologies L26: Capacity planning

Note: this week was shifted to Wed/Fri

4/30
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5/2 		L27: Review

HW 6 Due, Soln

Exam 2

Lectures covered by homeworks:


HW 1: L1, L2, L3, L4
HW 2: L5, L6, L7, L8
HW 3: L9, L10, L11, L12, L13
HW 4: L14, L15, L16, L17
HW 5: L18, L19, L20, L21, L22
HW 6: L23, L24, L25, L26

This schedule was last updated: 04/23/01