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MI-POA.16 Advanced Computer System Architectures Extent of teaching: 2P+1C
Instructor: Completion: Z,ZK
Department: 18104 Credits: 5 Semester: L

Annotation:
The student will learn the current trends in infrastructure architecture of complex business computer systems. After completion of the module, the student will be able to design a complex system infrastructure that meets availability and scalability requirements given by the business environment.

Lecture syllabus:
1. HW architectures and trends.
2. Data storages, security, communication, queueing theory.
3. Data storages I. - Disks.
4. Data storages II. - Tapes and other technologies.
5. Horizontally scalable computer systems.
6. Vertically scalable computer systems.
7. High availability techniques I - Introduction.
8. High availability techniques II - Clusters..
9. Virtualization techniques I.- Introduction, I/O virtualization.
10. Virtualization techniques II.- Virtual machines.
11. Virtualization techniques III.- SW virtualization.
12. Management of complex architectures.
13. Cloud Computing.

Seminar syllabus:
1. RAID Lab.
2. Volume manager and filesystem.
3. Partitioning, resource management.
4. Clustering.
5. Virtualization I. (VMware Player , VirtualBox)
6. Virtualization II. (VMware ESXi, Virtual Alpha)

Literature:
1. Smith, J., Nair, R. ''Virtual Machines: Versatile Platforms for Systems and Processes''. Morgan Kaufmann, 2005. ISBN 1558609105.
2. Foster, I., Kesselman, C. ''The Grid 2: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure (2nd Edition)''. Morgan Kaufmann, 2003. ISBN 1558609334.
3. Buyya, R. ''High Performance Cluster Computing: Architectures and Systems Vol. 1 and 2''. Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN 0130137847 and 0130137855.
4. Schulz, G. ''The Green and Virtual Data Center''. CRC Press, 2009. ISBN 1420086669.

Requirements:
Computer architectures, basics of computer networks and operating systems.

Tento předmět obsahově navazuje na bakalářský předmět Architektury počítačových systémů
https://courses.fit.cvut.cz/MI-POA/

The course is also part of the following Study plans:
Study Plan Study Branch/Specialization Role Recommended semester
MI-SPOL.2016 Unspecified Branch/Specialisation of Study VO 2
MI-WSI-WI.2016 Web and Software Engineering V 2
MI-WSI-SI.2016 Web and Software Engineering V 2
MI-ZI.2016 Knowledge Engineering V 2
MI-ZI.2018 Knowledge Engineering V 2
MI-PSS.2016 Computer Systems and Networks PO 2
MI-SP-SP.2016 System Programming V 2
NI-TI.2018 Computer Science V 2
MI-WSI-ISM.2016 Web and Software Engineering V 2
MI-NPVS.2016 Design and Programming of Embedded Systems V 2
MI-SP-TI.2016 System Programming V 2
MI-PB.2016 Computer Security V 2


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