NAB Show 2026: Tuxera Showcases Stunning Performance with Fusion SMB and Introduces Fusion NFS

Higher resolutions and quality standards, and large-scale collaborative workflows have stretched conventional file sharing architectures beyond their limits. Tuxera, working with key industry partners, can now deliver blistering performance using a highly tailored and performant SMB platform. 

“Our Windows SMB Direct – RDMA – performance is insanely fast,” said Duncan Beattie, market development manager, Tuxera. “We are now regularly seeing systems running at 40GB /s, and in our labs, we have seen 250GB /s to one workstation. 

“Working closely with our partner Atto Technology, our multi-channel implementation has seen MacOS throughput reach 8.6GB /s – a 62% increase since NAB2025,” Beattie added. “These speeds are transformative for the post industry, and will deliver real, monetizable and creative values to media professionals.” 

Tuxera Fusion SMB now delivers the best performance for connectivity between creative users and core storage where scalability is essential. When extreme performance is required, SMB Direct using RDMA can deliver up to 24.4GB /s from a single 200 GbE connection, enabling workstations to access data at speeds approaching the limits of modern storage infrastructure.  Tuxera is also addressing performance and connectivity for those that require NFS with Fusion NFS, particularly for rendering, VFX, and image scanning workloads.

NAB Show will see a technology preview of seamless integration between SMB and NFS, showcasing the speed, connectivity and throughput boosts users can expect from a modern enterprise-grade file sharing. Demonstrations will include HA and failover for both protocols, SMB compression, and how QUIC can be integrated into workflows, delivering secure connections over wide area networks and the internet.  

“Tuxera has been building quality-assured file systems for industry for more than 30 years, with more than a decade of delivering enterprise-grade SMB file sharing,” said Beattie. “We have brought all that experience to the world of media, where we are transforming what is possible, and now adding NFS alongside SMB to provide a true multi-protocol solution to broadcast and media. Fusion NFS is faster than NFSD and twice the throughput of Ganesha.” 

“Visitors to NAB will be stunned by the throughput our systems can deliver, and the rich feature set of our solutions,” he said. “All of this translates to better creativity, tighter security and boosted productivity, resulting in more engaging content getting to air faster.”