File Systems for Dummies

Instructor: Mark Kampe

These are brief introductions to and overviews of a few foundational (but still relevant) file systems. They won't make you an expert, but they will familiarize you with the major data structures and the considerations that have driven their design. (state-of-the-art file systems are much more complicated).

  1. Overview of BSD UNIX volumes and files
  2. Overview of DOS FAT volumes and files
  3. Overview of MVS volumes
  4. Overview of MVS VSAM files