> On Jan 26, 2016, at 10:25 AM, Atchley, Scott <atchleyes@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Jan 25, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I'd like to propose a discussion of how to take advantage of >> persistent memory in network-attached storage scenarios. >> >> RDMA runs on high speed network fabrics and offloads data >> transfer from host CPUs. Thus it is a good match to the >> performance characteristics of persistent memory. >> >> Today Linux supports iSER, SRP, and NFS/RDMA on RDMA >> fabrics. What kind of changes are needed in the Linux I/O >> stack (in particular, storage targets) and in these storage >> protocols to get the most benefit from ultra-low latency >> storage? >> >> There have been recent proposals about how storage protocols >> and implementations might need to change (eg. Tom Talpey's >> SNIA proposals for changing to a push data transfer model, >> Sagi's proposal to utilize DAX under the NFS/RDMA server, >> and my proposal for a new pNFS layout to drive RDMA data >> transfer directly). >> >> The outcome of the discussion would be to understand what >> people are working on now and what is the desired >> architectural approach in order to determine where storage >> developers should be focused. >> >> This could be either a BoF or a session during the main >> tracks. There is sure to be a narrow segment of each >> track's attendees that would have interest in this topic. >> >> -- >> Chuck Lever > > Chuck, > > One difference on targets is that some NVM/persistent memory may be byte-addressable while other NVM is only block addressable. > > Another difference is that NVMe-over-Fabrics will allow remote access of the target’s NVMe devices using the NVMe API. As I understand it, NVMf devices look like local devices. NVMf devices need globally unique naming to enable safe use with pNFS and other remote storage access protocols. -- Chuck Lever -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
