[pnfs] 19 questions

[Trond Myklebust]

On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 11:36 -0800, Marc Eshel wrote:

> > Ignorant question from someone who hasn't looked at the protocol in a
> > while, but: do deviceid's have to remain the same after reboot of the
> > metadata server, or can they be constructed in memory and then forgotten
> > on reboot?
> > 
> 
> They must remain the same.

Not according to section 3.3.14:

"A client must not assume that device IDs are valid across metadata
server reboots."

Trond