SMB2 in the new Longhorn Server
Microsoft will modify the SMB protocol in WIndows Server Longhorn to SMB2. This includes increasing the number of concurrent open file handles on the server, the number of shares that a server can share out amongst other key enhacements which inlcude: SMB2 will have transaction support, i.e. full two-phase commit transactional semantics are available over the new SMB protocol. This takes advantage of the new Transactional File System (TxF) feature in NTFS in Longhorn Server Client Side Encryption. This allows over the wire encryption of data, i.e. a file is encrypted on the client and sent out to the … Continue reading SMB2 in the new Longhorn Server