SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA
Abstract
Much effort has been invested recently in clustered SMB/CIFS solutions, however many environments still require high connection scalability from a single host or device. This session will present the architecture used by Likewise-CIFS, the SMB file server component of the Likewise Open project, to achieve more than 50,000 simultaneous client connections hosted by a single 4-way SMP host configured with 8 Gb of RAM. Attendees will also be introduced the freely available connection stress utility developed as part of Likewise Open.
Learning Objectives
Understand the Likewise-CIFS threading model
Understand Likewise-CIFS connection, session, and file handle management
Learn how to use the Likewise-CIFS connection stress testing client tool