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These days even end consumers use storage area networks in their homes. This development was enabled by the massive price fall of mass storage and the transition of home video from tape recorders to home computers. Another trend is to outsource storage into the Internet where companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple are selling online storage at cheap prices.

In this lecture we will give an introduction to the algorithms and methods used in modern distributed storage systems. We will start at the physical level of storing data, have a look at the networking issues, and will talk about management of storage systems. At the end will focus on data safety and distributed storage area networks.

Prerequisites

This lecture is for students studying Computer Science or Applied Computer Science. We will require knowledge from the lectures
  • Informatik I
  • Informatik II
  • Technische Informatik I
  • Systeme I
  • Systeme II
  • Datenbanken und Informationssysteme I
  • Rechnerarchitektur
This is not a formal requirement.  Students may decide on their own whether they fit these requirements.

Modules

  • Lecture 3 hours per term and exercise 1 hour per term, both in English ("3V+1Ü SWS")
  • ECTS: 6