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- From: vander@flab.fujitsu.co.jp (Mike van der Velden)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
- Subject: Re: NFS Protocol Specification
- Message-ID: <VANDER.92Sep14191954@vancouver.stars.flab.Fujitsu.co.jp>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 10:19:54 GMT
- References: <VANDER.92Sep10173409@vancouver.stars.flab.Fujitsu.co.jp>
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- Organization: Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
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- In-Reply-To: vander@flab.fujitsu.co.jp's message of Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:34:09 GMT
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- In article <VANDER.92Sep10173409@vancouver.stars.flab.Fujitsu.co.jp> vander@flab.fujitsu.co.jp (Mike van der Velden) writes:
- >
- > But, before I start, I'd like to solicit opinions from the net. I'm
- > willing to summarize for the net if there is wide-spread interest
-
- Many people have expressed interest, so I'll post a summary near the
- end of this week, or at the start of next week.
-
-
- > 1> What would you do to improve the protocol? Forgetting all about
- > backwards compatibility, would there be any specific functions that
- > you would add/remove/modify? How about the arguments used by the
- > protocol?
-
-
- Thanks to all who have responded so far. I've tried replying to each
- of you individually, but I'm having trouble with the mail system
- today, so my apologies for the delay. Tomorrow is a holiday here, so
- I probably won't be able to get back to you until Wednesday. Anyway,
- some interesting trends are developing. People generally have similar
- comments, except for two issues on which people are about evenly
- divided:
-
- a> Should the server be stateful or stateless?
- b> Should the protocol provide a mechanism for locking files (or
- parts of files)?
-
- If you have any more comments on these issues, I'd be interested in
- hearing them.
-
- Here is a brief synopsis on some other points raised:
- - data size should be > 8K.
- - a connection based transport is more desirable than UDP.
- - clients should cache files, or parts of files.
- - Unix file view should be extended, perhaps incorporating space
- for uninterpreted meta-data.
- - security should be improved.
-
- Again, any other opinions you might have on these or other issues are
- welcome. Thanks in advance for your time.
-
-
- --
- Mike van der Velden
- Distributed Systems Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
- e-mail: vander@tokyo.hi.flab.fujitsu.co.jp
-
- ps. If you send me a picture postcard Mike van der Velden
- from your area to the address at Fujitsu Unoki Dormitory, room 227
- right, I'll send you one from Tokyo. 2-17-18 Unoki, Ota-ku, Tokyo 146
- Postcards must be received by Japan
- November 15, 1992
-