Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 17:40:29 -0400
To: Benjamin ESTRABAUD <be@mpstor.com>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pNFS setup documentation.
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From: bfields@fieldses.org (J. Bruce Fields)
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On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 12:59:17PM +0100, Benjamin ESTRABAUD wrote:
> I'm trying to setup a pNFS cluster, but I'm unable to find any
> meaningful documentation about it.
> 
> I understand I have to setup a bunch of NFSv4.1 enabled systems as
> well as a Metadata service and a "layout agent" on the client nodes
> but I'm not able to find any infos about setting up the Metadata
> service or even the layout agent, nor am I able to find information
> about what version of the nfsutils I should use.
> 
> Is there a nice documentation that I could use somewhere (Any
> distribution is fine, I can adapt).
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance!

The only all-linux pNFS implementations have been out-of-tree
prototypes.  The exception is Christoph's block server, just merged.

I put some very rough instructions (and warnings) here:

	http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/PNFS_block_server_setup

--b.