The Server Message Block protocol (SMB) is generally used for accessing files, printers and serial ports within a client-server environment but it’s not commonly used for handling enterprise workloads. In this regard, Microsoft has upgraded the SMB protocol to provide a file-based access to applications data. As a result, this allowed SMB3 to be utilized in Microsoft Hyper-V and SQL Server use cases. The evolved version of SMB3 has become a vital part of Scale-Out File servers (SOFS), but this evolution has put forward certain challenges.
