Re: [nfsv4] I-D Action: draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-02.txt

This version contains minor changes resulting from AD review, the most visible of which
is to add a citation of RFC 4122 on UUIDs (and GUIDs).

Thanks,
--David

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> 02.txt
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> 
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
> directories. This draft is a work item of the Network File System Version 4
> Working Group of the IETF.
> 
> 	Title           : pNFS block disk protection
> 	Author(s)       : David L. Black
>                           Jason Glasgow
>                           Sorin Faibish
> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-02.txt
> 	Pages           : 7
> 	Date            : 2012-05-22
> 
>    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 updates RFC 5663 to add a mechanism that
>    enables identification of 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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> protection-02.txt
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> protection-02.txt
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