Netdev 0x16 - Keynote: It's Time to Replace TCP in the Datacenter

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as the thorough case for replacing TCP in datacenters and for Ousterhout's Homa protocol.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

netdevconf

Topic

datacenter transport protocols

Format

talk

Level

advanced

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• If you'd like to watch Ousterhoust explain Homa and his vision of replacing TCP: [VIDEO] Spoiler: Ousterhout is right, and the data shows he is right. Maybe not everyone knows it yet, or it's the kind of "right" that not everyone will ever get to …

• You can obviously build an RPC protocol on top of TCP, people have been doing it for decades. However there are things that are difficult to efficiently implement on top of TCP (multiplexing different logical streams over the same connection, message priorities) in the TCP …

• If you want to watch Outsterhout in talk form: Netdev 0x16 - Keynote: It's time to replace TCP in the datacenter: [VIDEO] Netdev is an amazing conference btw, it is insane that we get access to the trailblazing being shown off at conferences for free …