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

[Benny Halevy <[e-mail]>]

On 2011-07-07 19:34, [e-mail] wrote:
> I don't think the two of you have the same memory :-).
> 
> What's the problem with use of GPT?

There is no formal standard for it as far as I see
so it may change without notice (wikipedia is really a good place
to define standards :)
Where are you registering the proposed GUID so it won't clash with
another one (yeah, I realize it's a huge namespace, but still...)?

Benny

> 
> Thanks,
> --David
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Benny Halevy [mailto:[e-mail]]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 11:06 AM
>> To: faibish, sorin; Black, David
>> Cc: [e-mail]
>> Subject: Re: [nfsv4] FW: New Version Notification for draft-faibish-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-
>> 01.txt
>>
>> I remember that too.
>> How about make that revision and resubmitting?
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sfaibish <[e-mail]>
>> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:44:23
>> To: Benny Halevy<[e-mail]>; <[e-mail]>
>> Reply-To: [e-mail]
>> Cc: <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: Re: [nfsv4] FW: New Version Notification for	draft-faibish-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-
>> 01.txt
>>
>> I thought we already decided in Prague. No, I don't think so.
>>
>> /Sorin
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:24:53 -0400, Benny Halevy <[e-mail]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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, [e-mail] 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
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>>> David L. Black, Distinguished Engineer
>>>> EMC Corporation, 176 South St., Hopkinton, MA  01748
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>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 1:55 PM
>>>> To: Black, David
>>>> Cc: Black, David; faibish, sorin; [e-mail]
>>>> 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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>>
>> --
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>>
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