18-746 Storage Systems (Fall 2025): Syllabus

Tentative Schedule

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Lecture	Date	Lecturer	Topics	Required readings	Optional readings	Notes
1	Mon 08/25	Greg	Overview and Flash SSD Operation [pdf]	Syllabus, ArpaciDusseau2015 ch44, Agrawal2008	Hennessy2002, Harchol2000
2	Wed 08/27	Greg	Flash SSD Operation and Lab 1 Walkthrough [pdf]	Agrawal2008	He2017, Mogul2009, McAllister2024	Slides for the myFTL project is available here. Lab 1, Checkpoints 0 and 1 are released.
	Mon 09/01	Neither	No class (Labor Day)
3	Wed 09/03	George	Disk Drive Operation [pdf]	Ruemmler1994, Worthington1994	Massiglia1986 ch2 1, Massiglia1986 ch2 2, Massiglia1986 ch12, ArpaciDusseau2015 ch37	Read pages 2-1 to 2-20 from Massiglia_ch2_1, 2-38 to 2-52 from Massiglia_ch2_2, and 12-1 to 12-11 from Massiglia_ch12.
4	Mon 09/08	George	File System Storage Layout [pdf]	McKusick1996 ch8, Lee2015	Ren2013, Rodeh2013, ArpaciDusseau2015 ch40, ArpaciDusseau2015 ch43
5	Wed 09/10	George	File System Organization	Vahalia1995 ch8	Giampaolo1998 ch2, ArpaciDusseau2015 ch39, ArpaciDusseau2015 ch40
6	Mon 09/15	TBD	TBD
7	Wed 09/17	TBD	TBD
8	Mon 09/22	TBD	TBD
9	Wed 09/24	TBD	TBD
10	Mon 09/29	TBD	TBD
11	Wed 10/01	TBD	TBD
12	Mon 10/06	TBD	TBD
13	Wed 10/08	TBD	TBD
	Mon 10/13	Neither	No class (Fall break)
	Wed 10/15	Neither	No class (Fall break)
14	Mon 10/20	TBD	TBD
15	Wed 10/22	TBD	TBD
16	Mon 10/27	TBD	TBD
17	Wed 10/29	TBD	TBD
18	Mon 11/03	TBD	TBD
19	Wed 11/05	TBD	TBD
20	Mon 11/10	TBD	TBD
21	Wed 11/12	TBD	TBD
22	Mon 11/17	TBD	TBD
23	Wed 11/19	TBD	TBD
24	Mon 11/24	TBD	TBD
	Wed 11/26	Neither	No class (Thanksgiving)
25	Mon 12/01	TBD	TBD
26	Wed 12/03	TBD	TBD