samba - Jan 2006 - Is it possible to build smb directly over ethernet?

Hi all,

Is it possible to design a smb-like protocol to work directly over ethernet.

I mean if we can omit tcp/ip overhead, we can achive a very high troughput
substitute for small networks with less cpu utilization.

I am searching for ways to bridge the gap between NAS and SAN systems, e.g.
between SMB/CIFS and FC with volume sharing softwares like IBM sanergy.

This will lead to good performance with less costs compared to FC SANs and
even ISCSI SANs.

With the best wishes.

On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 07:09:05PM +0330, jik jikman
wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is it possible to design a smb-like protocol to work directly over
ethernet.
> 
> I mean if we can omit tcp/ip overhead, we can achive a very high troughput
> substitute for small networks with less cpu utilization.
> 
> I am searching for ways to bridge the gap between NAS and SAN systems, e.g.
> between SMB/CIFS and FC with volume sharing softwares like IBM sanergy.
> 
> This will lead to good performance with less costs compared to FC SANs and
> even ISCSI SANs.
It used to exist - it was called NetBEUI :-). It has many disadvantages... :-).

Jeremy.