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

Isn't it a problem to have this draft on the proposed standard track
while it builds and references the non-standard GPT structure.

I can see this going in the "best practices" informational RFC
direction.

Benny

On 2011-07-06 20:58, david.black@emc.com wrote:
> 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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> 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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