Re: [nfsv4] FW: New Version Notification for draft-faibish-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-01.txt

[sfaibish <[e-mail]>]

I think I already asked for a slot in a previous email.

/Sorin

On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:09:09 -0400, Spencer Shepler  
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>
> Yes, I will add this to the agenda.  Thanks for the update.
>
> Spencer
>
>
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>> Subject: [nfsv4] FW: New Version Notification for draft-faibish-nfsv4-
>> pnfs-block-disk-protection-01.txt
>>
>> A new version of the draft explaining how to use the GPT (GUID partition
>> table) to protect pNFS block devices from access when the pNFS server
>> can't be contacted (e.g., during early stages of boot) has been posted.
>> This has been shortened and focused from the -00 version.
>>
>> Would the keeper of the Quebec City agenda please include a short slot  
>> for
>> this draft?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --David
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>> David L. Black, Distinguished Engineer
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> To: Black, David
>> Cc: Black, David; faibish, sorin; [e-mail]
>> Subject: New Version Notification for  
>> draft-faibish-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-
>> protection-01.txt
>>
>> A new version of I-D, draft-faibish-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-
>> 01.txt has been successfully submitted by David Black and posted to the
>> IETF repository.
>>
>> Filename:	 draft-faibish-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection
>> Revision:	 01
>> Title:		 pNFS block disk protection
>> Creation date:	 2011-07-08
>> WG ID:		 Individual Submission
>> Number of pages: 6
>>
>> Abstract:
>>    Parallel NFS (pNFS) extends Network File System version 4 (NFSv4) to
>>    enable direct client access to file data on storage, bypassing the
>>    NFSv4 server.  This can increase both performance and parallelism,
>>    but requires additional client functionality, some of which depends
>>    upon the type of storage used.  The pNFS specification for block
>>    storage (RFC 5663) describes how clients can identify the volumes
>>    used for pNFS, but this mechanism requires communication with the
>>    NFSv4 server.  This document adds a mechanism to RFC 5663 that
>>    enables clients to identify block storage devices used by pNFS file
>>    systems without communicating with the server.  This enables clients
>>    to control access to pNFS block devices when the client initially
>>    boots, as opposed to waiting until the client can communicate with
>>    the NFSv4 server.
>>
>>
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