Re: Application protocol for distributed storage

[Wesley Leggette <[e-mail]>]

The DECADE work is interesting, but it is not specifically what we are
working on. Our system, I'm sure, uses some of the same principals, but we
are focusing on hosted systems. Sort of a "hosted P2P" if you will.

So while our system [1] will address dynamic peer environments, it is not
our main concern because our storage nodes are assumed to be available in
the usual case. Instead, we are interested in using IDAs[2] to enhance
availability, reliability, and security.

[1] http://www.cleversafe.com/

However, DECADE does seem very interesting. There are some people in my
company that may be interested in participating in that if it gets going.

Wesley Leggette
Cleversafe, Inc.


On 1/14/10 21:41, "Song Haibin" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi Wesley,
> 
> I'm very glad to get this email from Alexey. The link below is about the BOF
> information at IETF 76 meeting.
> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/bof/trac/wiki/decade
> 
> And we have been trying to narrow down the protocol scope to resource
> control and negotiation of transport protocol as we have discussed in the
> mailing list. You could read about the latest thread here:
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/decade/current/threads.html#00106.
> 
> Please let me know if it is the work that you are interested.
> 
> Xie Xie,
> Haibin
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alexey Melnikov [mailto:[e-mail]]
>> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:05 AM
>> To: Wesley Leggette
>> Cc: [e-mail]; 'Woundy, Richard'; Song Haibin
>> Subject: Re: Application protocol for distributed storage
>> 
>> Wesley Leggette wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> 
>> Hi Wesley,
>> 
>>> My company is interested in submitting an I-D for our network
>>> distributed storage protocol. At this point, we're thinking
>> of dividing
>>> our efforts into multiple parts:
>>> 
>>> * An on-the-wire application protocol from client to storage servers.
>>> * A security protocol.
>>> * A data processing method and storage format for client
>> data stored on
>>> storage servers.
>>> 
>>> I'm not entirely clear which working group(s) I should
>> attempt to work with.
>>> Any pointers would be helpful.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Our application and products as a whole get into the "cloud storage"
>>> area, but we would like to focus on a smaller subset (just
>> the network
>>> protocol) to begin with. However, if there are any working groups
>>> within IETF that focus on remote or distributed storage that
>> would be
>>> interesting to know as well.
>>> 
>>> 
>> This looks similar to the DECADE BOF that IETF had in
>> Hiroshima. I am hoping this would become a WG soon.
>> (I've CCed the BOF co-chairs).
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Alexey
>> 
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>> Internet Messaging Team Lead, <http://www.isode.com>
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>> 
>> 
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