CS647 Modern Storage Systems
Department of Computer Science
University of Crete
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Course Info Syllabus Assignments
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Assignments
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There are three assignments and one course project around a simple storage system, tinyStore.
Assignment 1: tinyblob: Perform I/O on physical devices. Due date: Tue, Oct 14.
Assignment 2: tinyindex: Add a simple hash-based logical-to-physical translation layer. Due date: Tue, Oct 28.
Assignment 3: tinylog: Add a simple write-ahead log to recover from failures. Due date: Tue, Nov 11.
Assignment 4: tinyperf: Compare the performance of tinyStory to RocksDB. Due date: Tue, Nov 25.
Project
Students should propose their own projects and should discuss their ideas with the instructor. Two student-teams are encouraged. A wide range of topics is acceptable. Each project will consist of three steps: a project proposal, the project work, and the project presentation.
· Project proposal: Propose a project along
the lines discussed in class. Due date: Tue, Dec
2.
To propose a project
send mail to h y 6 4 7 @ c s d . u o c . g r with the team and a short
description of the project.
· Project work. Work on your project. Due
date: Wed, Dec
17, before class (Last class)
Submit your
files, report, presentation by mail to h y 6 4 7 @ c s d . u o c . g r.
· Project presentation: Wed, Dec 17, Last class
Assignment and project submission procedure
Submit assignments and projects by email to h y 6 4 7 @ c s d . u o c . g r. Send a gziped tar file with:
· Sources
· A working Makefile
· For assignments A README file that explains anything you would like to mention (nothing fancy, text is fine) will do. For projects you should include more detailed description and analysis in a conference-like paper (in ps or pdf format).
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