DATE: Thursday, October 2, 2003
TIME: Noon - 1 pm
PLACE: Hamerschlag Hall, D210
SPEAKER:
Andrew
Klosterman & John
Strunk
CMU
TITLE:
Self-* Storage Systems: Architecture and Organization
ABSTRACT:
We are exploring the architecture and organization of self-* storage systems:
self-organizing, self-configuring, self-tuning, self-healing, self-managing
systems of storage bricks. Borrowing organizational ideas from corporate
structure and automation technologies from AI and control systems, we
hope to dramatically reduce the administrative burden faced by data center
administrators.
Storage represents 40-60% of hardware costs in modern data centers, and
60-80% of the total cost of ownership. Storage administration (including
capacity planning, backup, and load balancing) is where
much of the administrative effort lies. The self-* storage project is
exploring ways to automate management of the storage system.
BIO:
In his sixth year at CMU, Andy has participated in three reverse-engineering
projects: network switch firmware, face recognition software, and the
AFS RPC transport layer (Rx). Last year, he transitioned into "forward-engineering"
projects, starting with the Cuckoo NFS load-shedding system. This trend
continues with considerations for the design of self-* storage systems.
John Strunk is a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. John received his M.S. from CMU in May of 2000, and a B.Cmp.E. from Georgia Tech in 1998. His research focuses on computer security and intrusion tolerant computer systems. John is a student of Greg Ganger and is currently working on the Self-* Storage project.
SDI / LCS Seminar Questions?
Karen Lindenfelser, 86716, or visit www.pdl.cmu.edu/SDI/