The following table presents the plan for this project. Note that the times are assumed to be the worst case. I would expect to complete each activity in less time since we have made progress in some of the them. We have approximately 16 weeks from today (May 27th) to complete the project. The progress in each of this activities is documented in hsd.ps.
| Activity | Time estimate | Done? |
|---|---|---|
| State the problem precisely. We want to increase performance in servers by adding a new device, SSD. | 1 meeting | |
| Motivate the problem by making some experiments that prove our problem assumptions. So far, we have the results of the micro-benchmark. | 1 week | |
| Design a solution for the problem. Such design should take in consideration the results in the experiments of the motivation. | 2 weeks | |
| Develop the solution. (1) Design of the solution. Let us use Design by Contract. (2) Code the solution. (3) Debug and make some tests to check that the code is correct. | 3 weeks | |
| Experiments: (1) Design: What do we want to measure in the experiments? What system are we contrasting with? (2) Execute the experiments. | 3 weeks | |
| Paper: (1) Design the Layout of the paper. (2) Write the paper (think in figures carefully). (3) Send to reviewers. | 2 weeks | |
| Total | 11 weeks |