Hi, the SDP provider that is provided by mellanox only works for user mode
applications. The cifs client/servers that come with windows are kernel
components and therefore can not use it.

It seems that nfsaxe client and server are user mode and therefore they
should work, but this will have to be checked.

Another question that I have is this: Do you realy need to access the files
as Fileserver? That is, do you need to work on part of the files, or a
solution that will copy the files enough? To make this more clear, will it
be enough for you to have an FTP client/server working?

Thanks
Tzachi


On 3/13/07, Sebastian Schmitzdorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Hi,

I have two Windows XP 32bit Workstations and one Windows XP 64bit Server.
Both are using 4x mellanox hca's.
The Server is supposed to function as a Fileserver and is required to
deliver High Bandwidth.
Around 300MB/s is required.

Using IPoIB, measuring with various tools(iperf,netper), the machines
achieve a poor IP performance,
between 90MB/s and 150MB/s.

I'm looking for alternative ways to get more bandwidth. SDP seems just
right for the task.
I will look into running a windows based nfs server (nfsaxe) and hope
that it can be run using SDP.
NFS is not my protocol of choice though. Do you know of any alternative
Fileserver that can be run via SDP and
comparable to SMB/CIFS? Or is it even possible to run SMB/CIFS over SDP?


best regards
sebastian

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