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Rebooting a datacenter: A decade later

Oxide and Friends

CHAPTER

Navigating Technical Challenges in Operating Systems

The chapter delves into various technical challenges faced while operating systems, including proposing new flags for commands, re-architecting client ends for safer operations, and using tools for troubleshooting when the control plane is down. It also explores shifting away from pixie booting, implementing complex network setups, simulating failure modes for prevention, and discussing the impact of congestion control in TCP protocols and the use of UDP for fixing and booting machines.

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