Things are starting to gel in my head and I'm starting a long section of implementation. Many features to get up and running and tested. Testing is something that I'm actually going to have to put some thought in. It is easy to test particular features in isolation, but the real trick in this work is watching the system deal with large-scale changes in incoming traffic. Generating the traffic that will properly trigger this activity and model real-life traces will be challenging.

The machines are here and installed in the machine room. They should be completely functional soon.

I will try to discuss the implementation as I go along.

Labels: new hardware, OSDI, traces