Re: [nfsv4] Proposed Working Group Charter

[spencer shepler <[e-mail]>]

Reviewed and this looks good to me, Spencer D.

Spencer S.


On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Spencer Dawkins at IETF <
[e-mail]> wrote:

> Dear NFSv4 Chairs and working group participants,
>
>
> This is what I've got in the datatracker as version 05-00 of the charter.
>
> 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.
>
> 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
>
> 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.
>
> 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                           |
> ========================================================================
>