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
ONLY THE FIRST FEW WEEKS ARE AT ALL ACCURATE, AT THIS POINT
| Week of | Monday | Wednesday |
|---|---|---|
| 1/16 - 1/20 |
No class (MLK Day) | L1: Introduction and overview of storage systems |
| 1/23 - 1/27 |
L2: Metrics of I/O system quality | L3: Disk drive operation |
| 1/30 - 2/3 |
L3 cont: Disk operation and firmware | L4: Disk firmware and request optimization |
| 2/6 - 2/10 |
L5: File system organization | L6: On-disk data layout Lab 1 out (autolab) - fsck paper |
| 2/13 - 2/17 |
L7: Caching and FS integrity | No class |
| 2/20 - 2/24 |
L8: Disk array organization | L9: Disk array systems |
| 2/27 - 3/2 |
L10: Flash storage |
More Flash plus NVM |
| 3/5 - 3/9 |
EXAM 1 Spring'12: solns 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 |
L11: Disk request optimization
LAB 1 DUE AT MIDNIGHT (3/9) |
| 3/12 - 3/16 |
No class (Spring Break) | No class (Spring Break) |
| 3/19 - 3/23 |
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 |
| 3/26 - 3/30 |
L14: Storage for data-intensive computing | Guest speaker:
Erik Riedel, EMC Senior Director of Tech & Arch Cloud Infrastructure Group at EMC Topic: Cloud Computing and Storage |
| 4/2 - 4/6 |
L15: Parallel File Systems | L16: Backup and disaster recovery |
| 4/9 - 4/13 |
L17: Reliability enhancement techniques | L18: Multi-core issues for FS/storage |
| 4/16 - 4/20 |
L19: Storage Virtualization | Guest speaker:
Nitin Agrawal Research Staff Member Storage Systems Group, NEC Labs Topic: Storage for Mobile Devices |
| 4/23 - 4/27 |
L18: Catch-up and Exam 2 Q&A |
EXAM 2
Spring'12: solns Fall'05: exam solns Spring'08: exam solns |
| 4/30 - 5/4 |
Guest speaker:
Mike Kazar CTO, Avere Systems Topic: Lessons from building storage products |
Guest speaker:
Hugo Patterson Distinguished PDL Alum was CTO of DataDomain (acquired by EMC) Topic: Data Deduplication |