Re: [nfsv4] I-D Action: draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-01.txt

Thanks.  I will start moving it forward.

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> protection-01.txt
> 
> This version contains a good reference for the GPT format.  Many thanks to
> Alex for his quick response with the info.
> 
> This version should be ready to go for WG chair review and submission for
> RFC publication as a Proposed Standard.
> 
> Thanks,
> --David
> 
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> > draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-01.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-01.txt
> > 	Pages           : 6
> > 	Date            : 2011-11-21
> >
> >    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.
> >
> >
> > A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-p
> > rotection-01.txt
> >
> > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
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> > This Internet-Draft can be retrieved at:
> > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-pr
> > otection-01.txt
> >
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