Parallel NFS Block Layout Module for Linux

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.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/107895/1/citi-tr-08-1.pd