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SuperNASman
Dec 31, 2014Aspirant
Drive Mapping and Performance
Hello, I have always accessed my NAS just using the default UNC; however, I have read a little about drive mapping. My question is this: What are the benefits of drive mapping? Are there any ben...
Nhellie
Dec 31, 2014Virtuoso
Basically the main benefit of mapping a drive is the ease to access share/volume, instead of typing the address of the server on a file explorer you can directly go to a share with a click or two without browsing through the shares. Performance-wise it should be the same as accessing your NAS manually.
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