Module: Mass Storage

Hard drives, disk scheduling, RAID, SSDs.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the design and implementation of storage and file systems

Know the salient characteristics of storage media
Understand the role of file systems
Understand how main file systems components are implemented

Readings

Mass Storage

Hard Drives, Disk Scheduling, RAID, SSDs

Lecture notes

Textbook Reading

Operating System Concepts, Sections 12.1-7

Reading