Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from e33.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.151]:37302 "EHLO e33.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754133Ab1JNRVe (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:21:34 -0400 Received: from /spool/local by us.ibm.com with XMail ESMTP for from ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:21:33 -0600 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (d03av01.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.167]) by d03relay03.boulder.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id p9EHKIaK151452 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:20:26 -0600 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id p9EHKIwR014868 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:20:18 -0600 Received: from malahal ([9.47.25.235]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVin) with ESMTP id p9EHKHfF014846 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:20:17 -0600 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:20:17 -0700 From: Malahal Naineni To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: NFS client replication support for failover Message-ID: <20111014172017.GA4624@us.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi All, We are interested in replication support in NFS client for fail over purposes. Were there any plans or efforts to implement it? We are thinking it to implement in NFSv4 and make use of 'fs_locations' attribute to store the alternate server(s) upfront. Would appreciate if you know any patches/efforts/issues implementing it. Thanks, Malahal.