Technical Summary
This document is an update to NFS version 4.1 that presents
necessary clarifications and corrections concerning features related
to the use of attributes in NFSv4.1 related to file system location.
These features include migration, which transfers responsibility for
a file system from one server to another, and facilities to support
trunking by allowing discovery of the set of network addresses to
use to access a file system. This document replaces RFC5661, the
current version of NFS 4.1. This document is focused update to
addresses the above specific issues. It is not a full update that
addresses all known issues with NFS 4.1.
Working Group Summary
The working group was well aligned on the work that is the core of
the update and it moved through the review process with good input '
but nothing contentious. The format of the original update
(draft-ietf-nfsv4-mv1-msns-update-04) was rejected by IESG. The
issues raised by the IESG resulted in this updated full document
that doesn't address all known issues to avoid the additional
delay resolving those issues would result in.
Document Quality
This document was a result of implementation and deployment
experience and represents input from the NFSv4 community with long
standing experience. The authors represent the quality work of the
working group and are trusted in the community with their
experience and ability to draft quality, useful text.
As the update is focused on a specific scope and the document is long,
reviewers likely need to focus on the updated parts, for example as
shown by rfcdiff:
https://tools.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url1=https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5661.txt&url2=https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-nfsv4-rfc5661sesqui-msns-03.txt
Personnel
Magnus Westerlund & Spencer Shepler is the document shepherd.
Magnus Westerlund is the responsible area director.