Parallel NFS Block Layout Module for Linux
William A. Adamson, Frederic Isaman, Jason Glasgow · Deep Blue (University of Michigan) · 2008
This position statement presents CITI's Linux prototype of NFSv4.1 pNFS client block layout module and reviews our implementation approach. CITI's prototype implements the IETF draft specification draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block and is one of three layout modules being developed along with the Linux pNFS generic client, which implements the draft-ietf-nfsv4-minorversion1 specification. The block layout module provides for an I/O data path over iSCSI directly to client SCSI devices identified by the pNFS block server.