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Aspiring Database Engineers

File Systems & Storage Fundamentals

8 weeks
0 Learners
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Jul 23

“A rigorous, ground-up exploration of File Systems & Storage designed for serious engineers. This course strips away the abstraction to expose the raw internals, teaching you how these systems actually operate at scale. You will build a powerful mental model that bridges theoretical concepts with immediate, production-ready applications.”

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About this Course

Learn how disks, blocks, and inodes work before implementing custom Key-Value stores. This Aspiring Database Engineers curriculum is designed to give you hands-on experience and deep conceptual understanding. Across 8 intensive modules, you'll tackle real-world challenges and build practical projects that reinforce your learning. By the end of this journey, you'll have the skills and proof of work to demonstrate your expertise.

What you'll learn

Master the underlying architecture and practical applications of Storage Hardware and Concepts.
Master the underlying architecture and practical applications of Storage Paradigms.
Master the underlying architecture and practical applications of File System Architecture.
Master the underlying architecture and practical applications of Reliability and Performance.

Prerequisites

beginner Level

Accessible to beginners with basic computer literacy.

  • Python scripting
  • Basic linear algebra & tensors

Ideal for

Aspiring Database Engineers

Systems Engineers
W1

Storage Hardware and Concepts

Explore the mechanics of Storage Hardware and Concepts by comprehensively studying storage fundamentals: hdd vs ssd internals and storage fundamentals: non-volatile memory express (nvme).

2 videos•43m
2 topics
1 homework
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Topics

1.1
Storage Fundamentals: HDD vs SSD Internals
18 minutes
1.2
Storage Fundamentals: Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)
25 minutes
W2

Storage Paradigms

Master the practical implementation of Storage Paradigms by comprehensively studying storage fundamentals: block, file, and object storage and storage fundamentals: logical volume management (lvm).

2 videos•22m
2 topics
1 homework
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W3

File System Architecture

Explore the mechanics of File System Architecture by comprehensively studying file systems: inodes and directory structures and file systems: allocation methods.

2 videos•19m
2 topics
1 homework
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W4

Reliability and Performance

Master the practical implementation of Reliability and Performance by comprehensively studying file systems: journaling and crash consistency and file systems: log-structured file systems.

2 videos•30m
2 topics
1 homework
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W5

Redundancy and RAID

Develop an intuitive mental model for Redundancy and RAID by comprehensively studying file systems: raid levels and data redundancy and file systems: erasure coding vs raid.

2 videos•20m
2 topics
1 homework
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W6

Network and Distributed Storage

Construct reliable, production-ready workflows for Network and Distributed Storage by comprehensively studying file systems: network attached storage (nas) vs san and file systems: distributed file systems architecture (hdfs/ceph).

2 videos•19m
2 topics
1 homework
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W7

Modern File Systems

Dive deep into the internals of Modern File Systems by comprehensively studying file systems: zfs and btrfs features and file systems: deduplication and compression.

2 videos•28m
2 topics
1 homework
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W8

Cloud Storage Systems

Construct reliable, production-ready workflows for Cloud Storage Systems by comprehensively studying file systems: s3 and cloud object storage and file systems: cloud block storage (ebs).

2 videos•23m
2 topics
1 homework
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Learn

Watch curated videos and read study resources

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Practice

Practice what you learned

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Build Projects

Build projects using your new gained knowledge

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Submit & Verify

Submit your project and get verified by our system

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