Re: [nfsv4] I-D Action: draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-00.txt

This is the official WG version of this draft; there were no changes as the result of WG Last Call.

Unfortunately, a -01 version will be needed, as the normative reference to Wikipedia for the specification of the GPT format is not acceptable (it's not stable, the contents can change).  If anyone has any suggestions about where to look for a stable reference for the GPT format, please let me know.

Thanks,
--David

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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.
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> 	Title           : pNFS block disk protection
> 	Author(s)       : David L. Black
>                           Jason Glasgow
>                           Sorin Faibish
> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-00.txt
> 	Pages           : 6
> 	Date            : 2011-11-16
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>    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 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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