File Systems

  1. Storage Device Organization
    1. Physical Storage Devices
      1. Hard Disk Drives
        1. Mechanical Structure
          1. Sectors and Tracks
            1. Cylinders and Heads
              1. Access Time Components
              2. Solid State Drives
                1. Flash Memory Organization
                  1. Wear Leveling
                    1. Garbage Collection
                      1. Performance Characteristics
                      2. Optical Storage
                        1. CD/DVD/Blu-ray Structure
                          1. Read-Only vs. Writable Media
                          2. Removable Media
                            1. USB Flash Drives
                              1. Memory Cards
                                1. Tape Storage
                              2. Partitions and Volumes
                                1. Disk Partitioning
                                  1. Partition Table Types
                                    1. Primary and Extended Partitions
                                      1. Partition Alignment
                                      2. Logical Volume Management
                                        1. Volume Groups
                                          1. Logical Volumes
                                            1. Dynamic Resizing
                                            2. RAID Systems
                                              1. RAID Levels
                                                1. Redundancy and Performance
                                                  1. Hardware vs. Software RAID

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                                              4. Directory Systems and Naming

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                                              6. On-Disk File System Implementation