CSCI 333

Storage Systems

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Course Description

This course will examine topics in the design, implementation, and evaluation of storage systems. Topics include the memory hierarchy; ways that data is organized (both logically and physically); hardware characteristics and the ways that storage hardware influences storage software design; data structures and performance models; compression; consistency; recovery; and system measurement/evaluation. Readings will be taken from textbooks, conferences, and recent technical literature. An emphasis will be placed on identifying and evaluating design trade-offs.

Syllabus & Texts

The (old) course syllabus can still be found online. A revised course syllabus has been adapted for remote learning.

There is one required text, which is available for free online:

• Operating Systems in Three Easy Pieces by Remzi and Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau

I also strongly recommend a good C reference:

• The C Programming Language, 2nd edition by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
(There are many copies on reserve in the Schow Science Library.)

Additional readings, audio, and video will be posted to the course website.