RDMA networking has enabled high-performance computing for years, but Windows Server 2012 R2 with SMB Direct is bringing it to the mainstream.

Enter SMB Direct, built on Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) hardware. In Windows Server 2012, SMB Direct is used only to connect the workloads to the storage; in 2012 R2 Hyper-V, hosts can also use ...

SMB-Direct over iWARP RDMA provides higher performance by giving direct access to the data that resides on a remote file server, while the CPU reduction enables a larger number of VMs per server, ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. , June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Chelsio Communications, a leading provider of 10Gb Ethernet Unified Wire adapters, ASICs and unified storage solutions, today announced a demonstration ...

For SMB Direct, I need supported NICs (e.g. mellanox connect x3s or better), a Windows server as the share host and at least a Windows 10/11 Pro client as the accessing device.

For example, our latest testing shows that a single Windows client configured for SMB Direct and SMB Multichannel can now achieve over 10 gigabytes a second with our F-Series NVMe all-flash arrays ...

As rumored, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations will feature Microsoft's server-grade file system, support for persistent memory, faster file sharing with SMB Direct and support for high-end hardware.

Those using SMB Direct via RDMA to speed up data transmission can now use it with encrypted SMB, where previously it had too much overhead and disabled direct placement, which slowed connections down.

Microsoft is committed to delivering software plus service through channel at all levels, says Microsoft VP of the U.S. Partner Group Robert Deshaies.

These include AES-256 cryptographic suites for SMB, and encryption for high-performance network-based storage using SMB Direct and RDMA.