[Federated-fs] Request to add federated-fs work to the IETF NFSv4 WG charter

[Spencer Shepler]

On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Ellard, Daniel wrote:

>
> This morning I sent email to the IETF NFSv4 WG (nfsv4 at ietf.org)
> requesting that the work we've been discussing on this list be brought
> into the WG charter.  If you're on that mailing list, you've probably
> already got it in your mailbox, but I've appended a copy of the letter
> below.
>
> In order to move this forward, now is the time to demonstrate  
> consensus
> that this work should be picked up.  (Even if you disagree with the
> current drafts, you can still agree that this topic should be added to
> the charter.)
>
> Please consider sending a note to nfsv4 at ietf.org with your opinion,  
> pro

Simple "+1" positions are helpful.

> or con, and any amendments or addendum you feel appropriate.  If you
> don't want to broadcast your position, it's probably sufficient to  
> send
> it to the WG chairs (Spencer Shepler <Spencer.Shepler at Sun.COM> and  
> Brian
> Pawlowski <beepy at NetApp.Com>).

Yes, please do.  THe more that is visible on the working group alias
the more the area director will see the support for the work.

Thanks for the work on this, btw.

Spencer

> Thanks,
> 	-Dan
>
> On behalf of myself, Craig Everhart (NetApp), Renu Tewari (IBM), and
> Manoj Naik (IBM):
>
> As discussed at the NFSv4 WG meeting in Philadelphia at the  
> beginning of
> March, we request that the work we have been doing to develop a
> requirements document for a federated naming system that can be  
> used to
> implement a federated file system, and protocols that satisfy the
> requirements, be taken up for review by the NFSv4 WG.  The first
> milestone will be to refine the requirements document so that it  
> can be
> published as an informational RFC.
> The next milestone is to publish the specifications for the proposed
> protocols, based on the requirements document, as draft RFCs for
> discussion in the NFSv4 WG.
>
> The starting points for the WG discussion are a preliminary  
> requirements
> document and protocol specification.  These documents are the  
> result of
> more than a year of open discussion in the form of BoF sessions at
> FAST'07 and FAST'08, discussion on an open mailing list
> (federated-fs at ucsd.edu), and frequent open conference calls (announced
> on the federated-fs list).  Participants in this discussion have
> included representatives from NetApp, IBM, Sun, EMC, Rainfinity, CITI,
> and others.  The current state of the work is summarized in the
> following personal drafts:
>
> draft-ellard-nfsv4-federated-fs-00
>
> draft-tewari-nfsv4-federated-fs-protocol-01
>
> draft-ellard-nfsv4-federated-fs-admin-00
>
> -- 
> Daniel Ellard, Ph.D.
> NetApp Advanced Technology Group