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Subject: RE: Kernel SMB performance
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> 
> > We are considering using an application that uses FreeBSD web servers
> in
> > front of Windows file servers. How reliable/scalable is the kernel
> SMB
> > module?
> no idea. it worked many times when i wanted to fetch few files from
> windows. but i don't think anyone really cares very much about it being
> very well tested, bug free and high performance (i may be wrong here).

I think you are. We should care about a KERNEL module being bug free and
high performance. If not, hey why not just use DOS.