Fusion File Share SMB file access

Fusion File Share

The fastest and most scalable
enterprise SMB server on Linux

Fusion File Share by Tuxera™ is a high-performance, scalable distributed file system for providing access to unstructured or file-based data over a network. It brings support for Microsoft’s Server Message Block (SMB) protocol to public cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings, software-defined storage (SDS) solutions, high-performance computing (HPC) applications, and enterprise-grade network attached storage (NAS). Fusion has all the latest security and SMB capabilities to suit even the most demanding organizational needs.

Our SMB software is a highly reliable alternative to Samba and other SMB server implementations, especially where scalability and performance are critical requirements for your products.

Why choose Fusion File Share by Tuxera
for file access over SMB

High-performance SMB server

With its modular and threaded design, our cutting-edge implementation boosts I/O throughput, reduces CPU usage, has a low memory footprint, and enables fast, easy handling of multiple simultaneous connections to shared resources. Reduce bottlenecks with the following features:

SMB multichannel
SMB compression

SMB over RDMA

WATCH RDMA

Highly scalable

The scale-out feature of Fusion File Share allows SMB and file server nodes to be added or removed to scale or descale servers depending on your business and data needs.

Runtime configuration changes

Scale-out awareness

WATCH SCALE-OUT

High-performance SMB server

Transparent failover – combined with continuous availability – brings robust fault tolerance to your file cluster. Should any server issues occur, or in the case of service upgrades, Fusion File Share restores any connection without client service interruptions.

Transparent failover (active-passive, active-active)
Continuous availability
Persistent handles

WATCH FAILOVER

Extensive SMB-protocol support

Fusion File Share supports SMB 3.1.1 and previous versions (1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.0.2). It works reliably with all SMB/CIFS protocols to ensure file-sharing interoperability across any network. We bring you comprehensive feature support including:

Custom VFS modules for proprietary (distributed) file systems
Pre-authentication integrity
Persistent handles
DFS support
Shadow copy

Simplified, secure data management

Fusion File Share provides capacity planning and management through quota support, as well as user audit and access log support, plus dynamic configuration of shares – with no re-start required. We also offer support for multiple authentication providers, including: Windows AD services (Kerberos), LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access), NTLM, and more.

Quotas
Audit and access logs
Dynamic Share configuration
Multiple authentication providers

Easy integration with Windows

With Windows ACL/inheritance support, Fusion File Share integrates seamlessly with Active Directory (authenticate with KDC), while also working in Forest and trusted domains. Fusion File Share also supports Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

Responsive technical support

Tuxera’s team of storage development and networking experts will support you all the way from evaluation to implementation, going above and beyond to ensure your project performs flawlessly and can be delivered on schedule. Our enterprise products are built-in with custom-engineered testing, which is an integral part of our development and validation process. These tests ensure the performance, scalability, and availability of our software meets your requirements. Need 24/7 support? No problem – we have a choice of support subscriptions so you can select the right degree of support to suit your needs.

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Easy Microsoft SMB patent licensing

Tuxera has been a Microsoft partner since 2009 – and is now a part of the Microsoft SMB licensing program. We’re the only company offering a fully licensed, high-availability, cloud-scale SMB solution for enterprise storage requirements, as well as SMB for embedded devices. With our special arrangement with Microsoft, you can purchase our proprietary SMB protocol implementation, already covered by a full Microsoft SMB patent license. That means hassle-free, licensed software –with a faster time to market.

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Technical data at a glance

Local evaluations are possible with our SMB server implementation. Get in touch or check to see if a local partner is in your region.

Supports SMB 3.1.1 and previous versions (1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.0.2)
Supported on Intel, AMD, and ARM chipsets
User or kernel space deployment
RDMA through SMB Direct
Multichannel support
Compression – WATCH VIDEO
Scale-out awareness (active-active, active-passive)
Persistent handles
Transparent failover

Continuous availability – single, dual, or multi-node
Supports standalone file systems such as ext4, XFS, and ZFS
Windows Active Directory Integration (join/authenticate Windows AD as domain member)
Authentication: Windows AD services (Kerberos), LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access), NTLM, file-based local user and group databases, and more
Multi-protocol support: ACL, Shared access
Custom clustering support

Supports distributed cluster file systems such as GPFS, Lustre, CephFS, GlusterFS, WekaFS, GFS2, OCFS2
Internal health monitoring
Runtime statistics
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) support
Distributed file system support
Encryption: AES-256-CCM, AES-256-GCM
Log/audit support
Dynamic configuration change
Quota support