The benchmark is the SPECsfs2008 CIFS file access benchmark. There is a similar benchmark for NFS which is much more popular in terms of supplier submissions, with BlueArc, HP, Isilon, NetApp and others reporting results. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.channelregister.co.uk%2F2010%2F01%2F27%2Femc_cifs_benchmark