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Enterprise-grade NFS file sharing for Linux

the fastest nfs for HPC, AI, ML, M&E and medical

For nearly a decade, Tuxera has pioneered enterprise SMB for Linux with Fusion SMB.
Fusion NFS will join the family, bringing four fundamental features. User Mode, RDMA, Scale-out and Cluster rolling upgrades.
Alongside these features will be multi-protocol support, delivering lock and handle awareness with Windows ACL and NFS ACL central management.

Fusion NFS is built on the established base core of Fusion SMB and will share the same flexibility and proven multithreaded architecture.

KEY FEATURES

User Mode

From the ground up, Fusion NFS is engineered to be deployed in User Mode, meaning security is maintained.

You need safety and security. It means being able to run in a container, and be very flexible about your use case and not being inside the kernel itself. This is where anything going wrong places the server itself in jeopardy.

RDMA

Break through performance barriers with the fastest NFS server available for Linux, while running in user mode. Fusion NFS achieves speeds that other implementations simply can’t match—up to 22.7GB/Sec when using a single 200GbE  network connection.

That means it’s faster than NFSD running in kernel mode and double the throughput of Ganesha

Scale out

Fusion NFS’s scale-out capability is built around active-active clustering, letting multiple Linux server nodes serve the same NFS shares concurrently while load-balancing clients across the cluster for near-linear performance growth as nodes are added.

This design supports everything from small containerized deployments to large storage clusters, enabling high client counts and fast parallel access with low CPU/memory overhead and no performance penalty from clustering. 

Cluster Rolling Upgrade

Fusion NFS supports cluster rolling upgrades by leveraging its continuous-availability clustering design so you can update software one node at a time while the rest of the active-active (or active-passive) cluster keeps serving shares.

Because each node can independently host the NFS service and shares, clients are load-balanced and, when a node is taken out for upgrade, sessions and IO transparently fail over or reconnect using shared persistent state.

After the node is upgraded and passes health checks, it rejoins the cluster, and you proceed to the next node, allowing zero downtime upgrades. 

 

Multi-protocol

Mismatched permission models in mixed Windows/UNIX environments can lead to data loss and security incidents. A single source of truth and robust mapping are crucial to prevent access issues and ensure consistent security across protocols.

Fusion NFS and Fusion SMB will bring access together, so no matter where the users are coming from, whether it be Windows or Linux or macOS, the data access is not problematic for the user.

Workflow should not be restricted by protocol.

User Mode

From the ground up, Fusion NFS is engineered to be deployed in User Mode, meaning security is maintained.

You need safety and security. It means being able to run in a container, and be very flexible about your use case and not being inside the kernel itself. This is where anything going wrong places the server itself in jeopardy.

RDMA

Break through performance barriers with the fastest NFS server available for Linux, while running in user mode. Fusion NFS achieves speeds that other implementations simply can’t match—up to 22.7GB/Sec when using a single 200GbE  network connection.

That means it’s faster than NFSD running in kernel mode and double the throughput of Ganesha

Scale out

Fusion NFS’s scale-out capability is built around active-active clustering, letting multiple Linux server nodes serve the same NFS shares concurrently while load-balancing clients across the cluster for near-linear performance growth as nodes are added.

This design supports everything from small containerized deployments to large storage clusters, enabling high client counts and fast parallel access with low CPU/memory overhead and no performance penalty from clustering. 

Cluster Rolling Upgrade

Fusion NFS supports cluster rolling upgrades by leveraging its continuous-availability clustering design so you can update software one node at a time while the rest of the active-active (or active-passive) cluster keeps serving shares.

Because each node can independently host the NFS service and shares, clients are load-balanced and, when a node is taken out for upgrade, sessions and IO transparently fail over or reconnect using shared persistent state.

After the node is upgraded and passes health checks, it rejoins the cluster, and you proceed to the next node, allowing zero downtime upgrades. 

 

Multi-protocol

Mismatched permission models in mixed Windows/UNIX environments can lead to data loss and security incidents. A single source of truth and robust mapping are crucial to prevent access issues and ensure consistent security across protocols.

Fusion NFS and Fusion SMB will bring access together, so no matter where the users are coming from, whether it be Windows or Linux or macOS, the data access is not problematic for the user.

Workflow should not be restricted by protocol.

Frequently asked Questions

Why choose Fusion?

Get answers to the most commonly asked questions, or reach out if your question isn’t listed here. 

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Why NFS and why now?

For nearly a decade, Tuxera has produced Fusion SMB to deliver an enterprise-grade SMB server that replaces Windows Server and Samba, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Flexible, powerful and now the world’s most advanced SMB server for Linux.

We are now focusing on NFSD and Ganesha. We have identified a market need for an enterprise NFS to serve the AI, ML and HPC sectors. Fusion SMB features like RDMA, scale-out, and zero-downtime cluster rolling upgrades will be available with Fusion NFS, and most importantly, the protocols will allow access to the same data.

Do you need both SMB and NFS?

No, Fusion SMB or Fusion NFS can be run independently. However, both protocols are often required. Traditionally, only the largest storage vendors offered a true multi-protocol solution. This is where Tuxera Fusion demonstrates its strength.

Fusion SMB and Fusion NFS will work seamlessly together, delivering multi-protocol support for any Linux server wherever deployed. Linux, Windows and macOS clients will be able to connect with the protocol of their choice, and we will manage permissions and locking.

How fast is fast?

A fundamental aspect of NFS performance is the use of RDMA. With faster performance than NFSD over RDMA, or Ganesha over TCP (which does not support RDMA). We can deliver 22.7GB/sec compared to 22.5GB/sec for NFSD and 13.6GB/sec for Ganesha. (1x200GbE port)

Aggregate performance and high availability via scale-out will also be available from day one. When combined with rolling upgrades, this creates a true enterprise NFS solution that provides continuous ultra-high performance to connected systems.


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