ksmbd included in linux kernal and it is faster than samba.

Importance is that ksmbd support RDMA

I also think using ksmbd is better

bump and +1

+1 for me as well

+1 and bumping.

This is essential for networking above 10Gbit/s

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https://lwn.net/Articles/871866/

21 hours ago, uraid said:

This is essential for networking above 10Gbit/s

I can still max out my 25GbE NIC with regular samba:

What is the expected performance benefit of ksmd? Any real-world comparisons you can point to or have experience with?

You need to keep in mind that adding this would be expensive for LT to support. Any users with issues would need to confirm which one they were using, they would also need validate that both are working for any new Unraid releases.

Just my opinion, but it appears that the downsides outweigh the benefits for Unraid, e.g.:

1. Increase complexity

2. Increase support costs

3. Create user confusion

4. Risk regressions for macOS-heavy environments

On 12/22/2025 at 8:33 PM, JorgeB said:

I can still max out my 25GbE NIC with regular samba:

What is the expected performance benefit of ksmd? Any real-world comparisons you can point to or have experience with?

You need to keep in mind that adding this would be expensive for LT to support. Any users with issues would need to confirm which one they were using, they would also need validate that both are working for any new Unraid releases.

Just my opinion, but it appears that the downsides outweigh the benefits for Unraid, e.g.:

1. Increase complexity

2. Increase support costs

3. Create user confusion

4. Risk regressions for macOS-heavy environments

Thank you for the comment (and also @bmartino1 ).

After seeing this I tried to hunt down the bottleneck I have in my system and managed to optimize it.

Now I'm receiving ~36Gbit/s, so really RDMA is not necessary for this.

I retract my vote then, and thanks again!