CSE-590-T02: Special Topics -- Storage Systems, Spring 2025

Instructor: Erez Zadok

Overview Syllabus

This class will cover many topics of data-storage systems, from hardware devices (SSD, NVM, SMR, etc.), to operating system layers (Linux VFS, block), to user-level layers, networks (NFSv4, distributed systems), and more. Additional topics will cover security, performance, energy efficiency, compression and deduplication, RAID, and futuristic storage (DNS, Silica).

The course will be lecture based. There will likely be 1-2 exams (midterms and/or final), some paper reading (and possible presentations by students in lieu for one exam), and team projects (TBD).

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Class Time and Location

Days: Tuesday and Thursday
Hours: 11:00am–12:20pm
Location: Light Engineering room 154 (zoom TBA)

Instructor/Professor

Name: Erez Zadok
Office: NCS-349
Tel: 631-632-8461 (x2-8461)
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 12:30pm–1:30pm, or by appointment.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

  1. TBA

Grading

  1. Assignment 1: 20% (individual or teams)
  2. Assignment 2: 30% (teams)
  3. Final Exam: 40% (closed book)
  4. Participation + Attendance: 10%

Policies

  1. AI/LLM use. We default to the CS department policy but the following exceptions. You may use AI/LLM as study aids, to find information, prepare for exams, and help in assignments. When used in assignments, you must clearly disclose what AI/LLM you've used, where, and how much (e.g., in a README file). AI/LLM can't be used during the closed-book exam.
  2. Textbooks. There are none for this class. We will post some handouts and lecture notes. You may use AI/LLM to find information quickly about topics covered in class.
  3. Attendance and Participation. I expect students to attend every lecture and participate in discussions. It's part of your grade.
Last Updated: 2025-02-06