From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 28 16:27:25 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1323A6EC for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:27:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm32-vm6.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm32-vm6.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [72.30.239.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9028712A4 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:27:24 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s2048; t=1398702268; bh=/ukDlHQvLrs6CLqKJ0L3D1+5NCjZW97wxO63kLswbMs=; h=Received:Received:Received:X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References:To:X-Mailer; b=DZjf6MfCSjnXgwYJNVGeSHjLOtBU7LF7Xvy7y++PJRJycWgNvpLVNk46C8mqvxLcQPS4NWY26V1c0y6y9htL9QQ2A4qdxS/Q40RjW4grI883Y99Rcep5lB5HYwo0tMCTngey/8kp5EuNWC4NL+Ysgtvan4u6q8Bm60xPvTohmnc8W8F2CZzVjioG6zrQORLlYikO6fEXYmq9eLmgSDOko7ZGa/O4oKygnhmvqQIeZouqYLuTe7BHP/p6y3w4z9s8cmDLdJgC2EMNCi5g/Q6eciOtWusVswKXPh+BwBYS7c/Pogju9ZbVz15Xl/HbwMaeh5FxKGB3Axk/QuGI9ceI2g== DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s2048; d=yahoo.com; b=jP9W5HuNNsHSBGsXrGQmmpjP52CHt4rxeaht9NhqJp24L710rumfGUM5nJ5qC9VGIQmgeBUvClE8WZ6UOK/djRu17VLNwovKR49bZcdogwwHUTQ2vTEeagRQG6gMuEc0KDxhIOh+U873LoQ1rbiX5IOK7rDyG5rlaefPMXKglFBYdoLr+egoP5qaEpmH2kPXw7nv+EODUwBPA3WGdOwfKIAXCzpipySms/9HnmSY+Bhfq6smBlipacTrgNviOAwyhPg3avsIKlLaNRUEkir8zlNZBFjyVkLn/u/51FoXJn8ddvCXGBtzsmIxfuz5/tHqvDAAkhz3u2z5G6nyDlgMUg==; Received: from [98.139.212.151] by nm32.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Apr 2014 16:24:28 -0000 Received: from [98.139.211.194] by tm8.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Apr 2014 16:24:28 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp203.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Apr 2014 16:24:28 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 479162.66533.bm@smtp203.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: LRedW5cVM1n1VklX.gR9u9VnKIxTG1XqGAN0cZte9kH.NWh A.6ShJUo0BsyumDK4S9nqAcdlGDVaeWOx8WAZqBrfzyhX55wFm8hsMpXSfnY cWgjYIAPIXsoQBQHwaMj9cd4i745nB8YYVM8g8ZK7FRD0NE8ubd7W4.Mtp4H 1yFkm34vaNPK1tX59GuKRHsnToBfo7Kb3fqNJyKaPHoPLSKGNfRfBBwqGHdb zomglZV19gAuP0HS9u2CJf5MTqUC8MuZazQcd1FPkcPkrYgDRe6BRKcotowJ gaogY8C7eKZCHwlMHonK577XnFn91xJpc4HeD.7zQdRmaVKyLeH.AVejPZna Gzs9AAOqRbvJNi1h8qXScKB8jl0q0.q5pK.JhDXxoHAfDysPiMbvreg1WDkV FVFn1IXKjrnl.LYbkLUVEr.jYdfsbLP87w6N13eaKOKtpGFLWlbL9qebowY_ VBJ5emzX_.YsUfpFMGnJwEvAGUBs.yFdcGRNNN2gHVpcGUDe5R4nSxTRINxw oZQH5.SSssVEiJvTeYyEypVpMHxrpNcE- X-Yahoo-SMTP: QV71426swBDJZLO1mUY09m_wPtc7Mu8wKqfYeaNA_dmW6grnF6B_5LAWUw-- X-Rocket-Received: from [172.16.0.50] (chris@23.120.225.134 with plain [98.138.105.21]) by smtp203.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Apr 2014 09:24:28 -0700 PDT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: RFC: using ceph as a backend for an NFSv4.1 pNFS server From: Chris BeHanna In-Reply-To: <535E7D17.6000303@ster.kuleuven.be> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:24:26 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <507714298.1684844.1398541651089.JavaMail.root@uoguelph.ca> <535E7D17.6000303@ster.kuleuven.be> To: FreeBSD FS X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:27:25 -0000 On Apr 28, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Bram Vandoren = wrote: > The amount of people waiting for yet another method to access their = cluster file system is probably limited. LANL, LLNL, Sandia, every major oil & gas exploration company, = large weather simulation centers, financial modelers, and let us not = forget movie and TV CGI studios. Yup, pretty limited. :-) pNFS is pretty much *the* standard going forward for accessing = large object-based (OSD) storage volumes. At least it was when I made a = living in that space. Regards, Chris BeHanna chris@behanna.org=