Choose the right MoSMB edition for your workload.
Start with secure enterprise SMB file sharing, add high availability and scale-out when you need it, or unlock RDMA performance for the most demanding data paths.
Three editions. One enterprise SMB foundation.
Every MoSMB edition supports modern SMB file services across Windows, macOS and Linux. Choose the capability level that matches your availability, scale and performance requirements.
Standard Edition
The essential SMB2/SMB3 server stack.
- SMB 2.x and 3.x protocol support
- AD, Kerberos and local authentication
- Signing and encryption
- Persistent and Durable Handles
- POSIX and NT ACL support
Advanced Edition
Production-grade availability and scale.
- Everything in Standard Edition
- SMB Multichannel
- Active-Passive cluster
- Transparent failover and HA
- Active-Active scale-out cluster
Media Edition
The complete performance edition.
- Everything in Advanced Edition
- SMB Direct / RDMA
- Low-latency, high-throughput transfers
- Reduced CPU overhead
- Designed for demanding workflows
Find your capability fit.
Advanced Edition builds on Standard. Media Edition adds SMB Direct with RDMA for maximum performance.
| Capability | Standard SE | Advanced AE | Media ME |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMB 2.x / 3.x protocol support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows, macOS and Linux clients | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AD, Kerberos, signing and encryption | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Persistent / Durable Handles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| POSIX and NT ACL support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMB Multichannel | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Active-Passive cluster | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transparent failover and HA | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Active-Active scale-out cluster | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| S3 driver plugin | — | Optional | Optional |
| Witness Server | — | Optional | Optional |
| SMB Direct / RDMA | — | — | ✓ |
SE · Standard Edition
- SMB 2.x/3.x
- Cross-platform clients
- AD/Kerberos
- Signing/encryption
- Persistent/Durable Handles
- POSIX/NT ACLs
AE · Advanced Edition
- Everything in SE
- SMB Multichannel
- Active-Passive cluster
- Transparent failover/HA
- Active-Active scale-out
- Optional S3 and Witness add-ons
ME · Media Edition
- Everything in AE
- SMB Direct / RDMA
- Optional S3 and Witness add-ons
Optional add-ons for advanced environments.
Add object-storage connectivity or client-aware failover capabilities to Advanced and Media deployments.
S3 Driver Plugin
Connect SMB clients to supported S3-compatible object storage through a familiar file interface.
- AWS S3, MinIO and Caringo support
- Parallel uploads and downloads
- Multipart upload and cache support
- Available for Active-Passive deployments
Witness Server
Improve application continuity with Microsoft MS-SWN compliant client notifications.
- Continuous Availability support
- Transparent failover awareness
- Designed for Hyper-V VMs and SQL Server over SMB3
Not sure where to start?
Match the edition to the strongest requirement in your workload.
Secure enterprise file sharing
Modern SMB, authentication, encryption and cross-platform access.
High availability, scale-out or object storage
Production clusters, transparent failover and optional integrations.
Maximum throughput with RDMA
Performance-critical media, AI/HPC and large-file workflows.