[NTLUG:Discuss] NFS v4 status, particularly on Linux?

Thomas Cameron (Red Hat) tcameron at redhat.com
Tue Dec 18 13:34:31 CST 2007


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Last time I looked at NFS v4 (a while ago) I'm not sure it was even out 
> (still in early proposal stages).  Noticed a reference to it in an 
> unrelated search today and it now seems to be "production stable".
> 
> Anybody know what it's "real world status" is?  Is it being adopted?  Is 
> it "good" technically (whatever that means, specify either way) or does 
> it look like it's going to inherit the previous version's security and 
> other concerns?

We've been usuing v4 for several years in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  It
is in use at numerous Fortune 500 customer sites.  I don't have exact
numbers but I know many of my customers use v4.
- --
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, RHCI, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Solutions Architect Team Lead, Central Region, Red Hat
512-241-0774 office 512-585-5631 cell 512-857-1345 fax
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFHaCDHmzle50YHwaARAsxeAKCtKvbhCd4in8VWQUgMmQYaAohoQwCfQkBu
6cO845NaZqv1ftar8/LyNqg=
=j72h
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



More information about the Discuss mailing list