Are you satisfied with the network access performance for large files?

There is an increasing need for high-speed file sharing in infrastructure that handles large volumes of data, such as high-performance computing used in AI service development, and network storage used in video production, medical care, and research institutions. However, there is an issue where communication speed becomes a bottleneck, making file sharing take a long time, which does not improve business productivity.
There are various possible causes for slow communication speeds, but what is less known is that one of the causes is the use of the open source Samba server in a mixed Windows and Linux environment.

SAMBA servers that share files on Linux and Unix-based systems have the advantage of being compatible with Windows data, but they may have speed limitations compared to the SMB3 protocol implementation, which is the main file sharing protocol used in the Windows OS provided by Microsoft. In particular, in network configurations where Windows and Linux coexist, Samba may become a bottleneck and not be able to provide sufficient bandwidth.

Tuxera solves

By implementing Tuxera's Fusion File Share, you can achieve high-speed and efficient file transfers.
Fusion File Share supports the SMB protocol, and its faithful implementation of SMB3, a common file sharing protocol used by Windows OS, provides fast and robust file transfers over the network.

It is widely used in situations where high speed and reliable file sharing is required, such as those that face the following challenges:

• Improved transfer speeds for Linux-based high performance computing (HPC) and network storage
• Server consolidation in data centers and private clouds
• Large-scale data file management, including software-defined storage
• Efficient editing and storage of high-quality video in the broadcasting industry
• Managing huge amounts of customer medical records and data in the medical field
• Research and experimental fields at research institutes and universities

Features of Fusion File Share

1. File access performance is up to 61 times faster than Samba
2. Multi-threaded performance is up to 2.7 times faster than Samba
3. Maintaining connections between servers and clients under high load
4. Allows high-speed simultaneous connections to clients on the network
5. Resolving GPLv3 licensing issues

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