Re: [nfsv4] Proposed Working Group Charter

[David Noveck <[e-mail]>]

Lokks fine to me as well.

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 2:37 PM, spencer shepler <[e-mail]>
wrote:

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> Reviewed and this looks good to me, Spencer D.
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> Spencer S.
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> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Spencer Dawkins at IETF <
> [e-mail]> wrote:
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>> Dear NFSv4 Chairs and working group participants,
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>> This is what I've got in the datatracker as version 05-00 of the charter.
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>> It is intended to be what David proposed in this thread, with some
>> abbreviation expansions and paraphrasing. I did leave the part about adding
>> milestones for deliverables within charter, and we'll see if other ADs
>> think that should change.
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>> Please let me know how this looks, and I'll start Internal Review.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Spencer
>>
>> Network File System version 4 (NFSv4) is the IETF standard for file
>> sharing.
>>
>> To maintain NFS Version 4's utility and currency, the NFSv4 working group
>> is
>> chartered to maintain the existing NFSv4.0, NFSv4.1, and NFSv4.2 protocols
>> and specifications of related ONC components, such as those defining RPC,
>> XDR, and RPCSECGSS.
>>
>> In addition, extensions will be developed, as necessary, to correct
>> problems
>> with the protocols as currently specified, to accommodate needed file
>> system
>> semantics, and to respond to technological developments in the areas of
>> networking and persistent storage/memory.
>>
>> Maintenance
>>
>> The working group's experience has been that, as NFSv4 implementations
>> mature
>> and deployments continue, clarifications and corrections to existing RFCs
>> are needed.
>>
>> These specification updates help vendors in delivering high-quality and
>> interoperable implementations.
>>
>> The NFSv4 working group is chartered with vetting reported issues and
>> determining correctness of submitted errata.
>>
>> The working group is also responsible for approving changes to RPC- and
>> NFS-related IANA registries.
>>
>> In addition, some areas may need more concentrated work to correct the
>> specifications already published, to deal with unanticipated interactions
>> between features, or to respond to evolving IESG expectations with regard
>> to areas such as security. Since necessary changes in such cases are
>> generally not appropriate for the errata system, the working group will
>> assist in publication of new RFCs that provide implementation guidance,
>> editorial modification or technical updates to existing RFCs.
>>
>> Since the new NFSv4 versioning framework has been approved, these
>> technical
>> updates to NFSv4 minor versions could include limited XDR changes.
>>
>> Extensions
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>> The NFSv4 protocol is designed to allow extension by the definition of
>> new operations, new attributes, and new Parallel NFS layout types, as
>> well as
>> the creation of minor versions.
>>
>> Similarly, associated ONC protocol components that have a versioning/
>> extension framework can be incrementally extended, when necessary.
>>
>> The working group will discuss proposals for such extensions and assure
>> that they have adequate technical review, including discussion of their
>> interaction with existing features, before adopting them as working group
>> items and helping to draft specification documents.
>>
>> Some likely motivations for such extensions would be to:
>>
>> Maximize NFS performance on advanced network fabrics.
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>> Accommodate new storage technologies.
>>
>> Provide facilities useful in management of NFS-accessed storage in
>> large-scale virtualization environments.
>>
>> Provide more effective NFS response to security challenges.
>>
>> New milestones that fall within the scope specified in this charter can
>> be added to the list below after working group consensus and upon
>> approval by the responsible Area Director.
>>
>> Proposed Milestones
>>
>> ========================================================================
>> |   Date  |                Milestone                                   |
>> |---------+------------------------------------------------------------|
>> | 3/2018  | WGLC for description of use of NVMe in accessing a pNFS    |
>> |         | SCSI Layout                                                |
>> | 6/2018  | WGLC for draft-ietf-nfsv4-migration-issues (Informational) |
>> | 8/2018  | WGLC for document describing NFSv4.0 trunking discovery    |
>> | 10/2018 | WGLC for document describing NFSv4.1 trunking discovery    |
>> | 10/2018 | WGLC for document describing Transparent State Migration   |
>> |         | in NFSv4.1                                                 |
>> | 1Q2019  | WGLC for description of CM private data convention         |
>> |         | (Informational)                                            |
>> | 1Q2019  | WGLC for pNFS RDMA Layout                                  |
>> | 3Q2019  | WGLC for RPC-over-RDMA Version 2                           |
>> ========================================================================
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