Explores common disk I/O failure scenarios in transactional applications and how real-world systems handle data integrity issues.
An exploration of the Plan 9 operating system, its innovative design principles, and its influence on modern computing.
Explains why desktop apps corrupt files and the technical challenges of ensuring crash consistency when saving data.
A student reflects on completing a series of challenging Pintos operating system labs, implementing system calls and synchronization.
A guide to creating incremental backups using rsync with --link-dest, discussing challenges with cross-platform file systems like VFAT.
