6.5860
Datacenter Computing
Studies the end-to-end stack of modern datacenters, from hardware and OS to resource managers and programming frameworks. Explores cross-cutting issues, such as total cost of ownership, service level objectives, availability, and reliability. Class combines lectures and paper readings; a term-long group project addresses open research problems in modern cloud environments.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: 6.1800 and 6.1910 G (Spring) 3-0-9 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027