April 15, 2022 · 1039 words · 5 min · Raft Distributed System MIT6.824
Earlier, I looked at the code of Casbin-Mesh because I wanted to try GSOC. Casbin-Mesh is a distributed Casbin application based on Raft. This RaftKV in MIT6.824 is quite similar, so I took the opportunity to write this blog.
February 21, 2022 · 953 words · 5 min · Paper Reading Consensus Distributed System MIT6.824
Finally, I managed to complete Lab 02 during this winter break, which had been on hold for quite some time. I was stuck on one of the cases in Test 2B for a while. During the winter break, I revisited the implementations from experts, and finally completed all the tasks, so I decided to document them briefly.
November 10, 2021 · 803 words · 4 min · OLAP Database Distributed System Kylin
Previously, I was hoping to work on an interesting thesis, but I couldn’t find a suitable advisor nearby. I initially found a good advisor before the college started the topic selection, but it turned out they couldn’t take me on. However, I wasn’t that interested in the advisor’s field, so I decided to look for something else. Recently, the college’s thesis selection process started, and I found an interesting topic in the list. I reached out to the professor and took on the project.
October 6, 2021 · 1284 words · 7 min · DFS Paper Reading Distributed System
The primary project in my group is a distributed file system (DFS) that provides POSIX file system semantics. The approach to handle “lots of small files” (LOSF) is inspired by Haystack, which is specifically designed for small files. I decided to read through the Haystack paper and take some notes as a learning exercise.
September 16, 2021 · 1908 words · 9 min · Paper Reading MIT6.824 DFS Distributed System
I recently found a translated version of the Bigtable paper online and saved it, but hadn’t gotten around to reading it. Lately, I’ve noticed that Bigtable shares many design similarities with a current project in our group, so I took some time over the weekend to read through it.