2008-01-04 10:05:34

by NeilBrown

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Subject: Re: A new NFSv4 server...

On Friday January 4, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Oh, certainly. I was mainly thinking a replacement of the wire protocol would
> > be an easier step for people to swallow than a new protocol.
>
> I've been thinking of trying to put together something like NFS v3.5. Some
> parts of v4 are nice, but the complexity is too high.
>

That is soooooooo tempting.

Of course we would need to be clear on how it is better than NFS,
CIFS, 9P, and CRFS to name but a few. And it would not be a small
undertaking.

But it is very tempting.

NeilBrown