[pnfs] [nfsv41-discuss] RE: pNFS and sessions testing at connectathon

[Robert Gordon]

On Jan 29, 2007, at 7:28 PM, Iyer, Rahul wrote:

>>
>>> Hi Lisa,
>>> I had a few questions about your implementation for connectathon.
>>>
>>> 1. Will you hae a complete sessions implementation? Our
>> implementation
>>> of sessions is incomplete in that we do not do proper
>> sequence number
>>> accounting and/or flow control. So, it would be nice if you
>> could turn
>>> off sequence # checking on your server.
>>
>> Yes, the sessions implementation is pretty complete.  No
>> matter what, I think we will be able to turn off the sequence
>> id checking on the server if needed.
>
> And does your server mandate that we must be able to answer  
> callbacks in
> order to get layouts? We do not have callbacks working so that will  
> be a
> problem.

We don't currently mandate that ;-)

>
>>
>>>
>>> 2. Would you be dealing with the case of multiple sessions
>> created to
>>> the data server?
>>
>> I think I am a little confused by this.  Do you mean multiple
>> sessions created by the same client?  Or multiple clients
>> creating a session?
>>
>> If it is either of those, we have a little work to do prior
>> to Cthon, but should be able to handle this.
>>
> Never mind. I had meant multiple sessions created for a given  
> clientid.
> Doesn't seem like you're doing it. The way the our servers (Linux,
> Ontap) are coded, they won't handle multiple sessions for a given
> clientid.

Same here... for now ! (both server and client that is)

>
>>>
>>> 3. What days do you plan to be at connectathon? I have to attend a
>>> Netapp meeting on the 6th (Tuesday) so I won't be at
>> Connectathon. I
>>> should be able to attend all other days. hat days do you think are
>>> convenient for you?
>>
>>
>> We plan to be there from the beginning (Thursday, 2/1)  to
>> the end (Thursday, 2/9).  How about we start up testing as
>> soon as possible, say Thursday, 2/1?
>>
> I agree... We'll be there starting 2/1 too. We can start as soon as we
> get set up.

let the long nights begin!
(well, in SJC)

robert.