Storage systems are ubiquitous. They store your pictures, your music,
your entertainment, your social media, your health records, your
financial information, your experimental results, your research
papers; a digital snapshot of your connected life.  They know your
secrets. In this class, we will learn theirs.  Specifically, we will
explore the design of modern file and storage systems and how the APIs
and underlying technology is evolving. We will understand the
challenges therein such as power consumption, reliability,
availability and manageability. The material will be mainly taken from
research papers to cover the fundamentals as well as state-of-art.