Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicScale and performance in a distributed file systemThe paper describes the distributed Andrew File System (AFS). AFS’s design provide insights into building a scalable distributed file…7 min read·Nov 8, 2021----
Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicSun’s network file system‘NFS is an early example of a distributed file system and serves as a case study in the early thinking around distributed file systems …9 min read·Oct 18, 2021----
Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicFile System Design for an NFS File Server ApplianceNetApp is one of the largest storage providers today and its storage appliances still use the WAFL file system at their core.10 min read·Apr 12, 2021--1--1
Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicA Case for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)… the result of David Patterson asking Garth Gibson to learn about high performance storage systems and teach the UC Berkeley architects.12 min read·Apr 5, 2021----
Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicMetadata Update Performance in File SystemsThe ubiquitous systems problem of crash consistency, as it relates to file systems.12 min read·Mar 23, 2021--1--1
Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicThe Design and Implementation of a Log-Structured File SystemHow to (almost) always write sequentially onto hard disk drives?7 min read·Mar 15, 2021----
Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicThis seemingly low-level detail is used for real impact in systems.Source: 'Netflix: Streaming Entertainment to 200 Million Members Around the World' keynote from FAST 2021…1 min read·Mar 8, 2021----
Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicA Fast File System for UNIXA summary of the foundational file system that introduced disk-awareness!6 min read·Mar 8, 2021--1--1
Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicDesign Tradeoffs for SSD PerformanceA peek into the intricate architecture and design of SSDs6 min read·Mar 1, 2021----
Rajat Kateja, After Hours AcademicAn introduction to disk drive modelingHow much (or little) have hard drives changed since 1994?6 min read·Feb 17, 2021--1--1