rapid clustered nfs server failover and hung clients -- how best to close the sockets?

[J. Bruce Fields]

On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 12:40:05PM -0400, Talpey, Thomas wrote:
> At 12:22 PM 6/9/2008, Jeff Layton wrote:
> >That might be worth investigating, but sounds like it might cause problems
> >with the services associated with IP addresses that are staying on the
> >victim server.
> 
> Jeff, I think you have many years of job security to look forward to, here. :-)
> 
> Since you sent this to the NFSv4 list - is there any chance you're thinking
> to not transparently take over IP addresses, but use NFSv4 locations and
> referrals for these "migrations"?

Yeah, definitely.  We've a got a prototype and some other work in
progress--hopefully there'll be something "real" in the coming months!

There's some overlap with nfsv2/v3, though (not in this case, but in the
need for lock migration, for example).  And people really are using this
floating-ip address stuff now, so anything we can do to make it more
reliable or easier to use is welcome.

--b.

> Yes, I know some clients may not quite be
> there yet.