| CODE | CCE3020 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Advanced Computer Systems Organisation | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit introduces students to parallel computer systems organization for single computer systems with one or more processors, each with one or more cores, as well as clusters and grids of computers. The techniques for dedicated and shared computer storage systems will be studied. Virtual computer organization will also be presented and discussed. Finally, the organization of a modern Data Centre will be presented and discussed. Study-unit Aims Introduce students to modern techniques in the engineering design and implementation of parallel computers, data storage systems, virtual computer systems and data centres. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe, analyse, compare and design parallel computer architectures comprising single machines with multiple multicore processors and multiple computer clusters and grids; - Describe, analyse, and compare dedicated and shared data storage systems including SAS, SAN and NAS; - Describe and compare computer virtualization technologies, and then allow students to analyse and design IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS service architectures, for performance and manageability; - Characterise the various components and subsystems that comprise a Data Centre, and learn how to design and monitor Data Centres aimed at delivering five nines reliability. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Design resilient: + parallel architectures for both single and multiple computer systems; + dedicated and shared storage systems; + virtual computer systems; + data centres. - Discuss analytically, typical applications of the above systems. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Reference Texts: "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach", John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Elsevier, Inc, 5th Edition, 2012. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study, Practicum & Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Etienne V. Depasquale (Co-ord.) |
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