2016 FAST Conference

I've just finished attending the 2016 Usenix FAST conference. Eric Brewer of Google gave a fascinating keynote, which deserves a complete post to itself. Below the fold are notes on the papers that caught my eye, arranged by topic.

Using the official Linux overlayfs

I realize that it may not be obvious exactly how to use the newly-official Linux overlayfs implementation. Below the fold, some example shell scripts that may help clarify things.

It takes longer than it takes

I hope it is permissible to blow my own horn on my own blog. Two concepts recently received official blessing after a good long while, for one of which I'm responsible, and for the other of which I'm partly responsible. The mysteries are revealed below the fold.