To implement SMB2 unix extensions, smbd needs to implement ntfs reparse points to present symlinks, sockets and other special files to clients. This talk will present an overview of what reparse points are at their core and where Samba stands to implement them. Also, it will highlight the current status of the Linux kernel SMB client implementation regarding reparse points and special files over SMB2.
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With the increasing amount of network throughput, we'll reach a point where a data copies are too much for a single cpu core to handle.
Current clustered Samba uses its homegrown distributed database "ctdb" as a storage backend for maintaining coherent fileserver state.
The Windows Protocol Test Suites is an open source, cross platform application designed to enable the testing of implementations of selected Windows protocols.
High-performance computing applications, web-scale storage systems, and modern enterprises increasingly have the need for a data architecture that will unify at the edge, and in data centers, and c
The Linux SMB3.1.1 client continues to be one of the most active filesystems in Linux with many improvements added each year, enhancing its ability to securely, reliably and efficiently access remo
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