On Tue, Jun 11 2019, Tom Talpey wrote: > On 6/11/2019 5:10 PM, Olga Kornievskaia wrote: ... >> >> Solaris has it, Microsoft has it and linux has been deprived of it, >> let's join the party. > > Let me be clear about one thing - SMB3 has it because the protocol > is designed for it. Multichannel leverages SMB2 sessions to allow > retransmit on any active bound connection. NFSv4.1 (and later) have > a similar capability. > > NFSv2 and NFSv3, however, do not, and I've already stated my concerns > about pushing them too far. I agree with your sentiment, but for these > protocols, please bear in mind the risks. NFSv2 and NFSv3 were designed to work with UDP. That works a lot like one-connection-per-message. I don't think there is any reason to think NFSv2,3 would have any problems with multiple connections. NeilBrown