Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 04:41:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51238 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201711300441.vAU4fVC6088342@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Thu Nov 30 04:41:30 2017 New Revision: 51238 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51238 Log: Add 2017Q3 pNFS entry from rmacklem Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml Wed Nov 29 14:47:19 2017 (r51237) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml Thu Nov 30 04:41:30 2017 (r51238) @@ -1069,4 +1069,55 @@ to find out how we support &os; and how we can help you!</p> </body> </project> + + <project cat="kern"> + <title>pNFS Server Plan B</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Rick</given> + <common>Macklem</common> + </name> + <email>rmacklem@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://people.FreeBSD.org/~rmacklem/pnfs-planb-setup.txt">Instructions for Testing</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>A pNFS server allows an NFS service to be spread over + multiple servers, separating the MetaData operations from the + Data operations (Read/Write). This project will add the + capability of using &os; systems to create a pNFS service + consisting of a single MetaData Server, plus a set of Data + Servers. The Data Servers can be mirrored, so that redundant + copies of the file data are maintained.</p> + + <p>The support for non-mirrored Data Servers is now believed + to be complete. Support for mirrored Data Servers using the + Flexible File Layout, which will soon be published as an RFC, + is implemented. However, there is still significant work to + be done, since the current implementation of mirrored Data + Servers does not handle failed Data Servers or their + resilvering/recovery. It is hoped that support for + failure/recovery of Data Servers will be implemented in the + next six months.</p> + + <p>The patched &os; sources may now be accessed for testing + via either Subversion or download of a gzipped tarball. + They consist of a patched kernel plus nfsd daemon and can be + used on any &os; 11 or later system. The installation + procedure is covered in the linked document.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Testing by others will be needed, now that the + implementation is available.</task> + + <task>Implementation and testing of mirror failure/recovery.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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