1 The implementation of advanced SMB3 features is a broad and important set of
2 topics on the Samba roadmap. One of these SMB3 features that is currently being
3 actively worked on is Multi-Channel, a kind of channel bonding at the SMB level
4 intended to increase both performance and fault-tolerance of SMB sessions. It
5 is not only one of the most generally useful features of SMB3 but also a
6 prerequisite for enabling RDMA as a transport for SMB with SMB Direct.
8 This talk will provide details about the current project to finish the
9 implementation of SMB3 Multi-Channel in Samba, explaining the challenges for
10 development and how they are solved. The presentation will include demos. The
11 talk will conclude with a brief outlook how SMB Direct support can be added to
16 - Refresher on Multi-Channel
17 - State of implementation of Multi-Channel in Samba
18 - Challenges for Samba to implement Multi-Channel
19 - Design of Multi-Channel in Samba
20 - Outlook to SMB Direct support