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SMB connection limit
Hello Can anyone tell me whether there is an SMB connection limit for models RN516 and RN102? If so, are they different? Does Netgear have a recommended number of users/connections for each mod...
I don't think there are any hard limits or license limits on smb connections for any of the readynas devices (they are all based on linux).
That said, there will be usability limits based upon CPU power, memory, and physical disk access speeds.
RN102 is for small work groups, I'd suggest 10 or less users.
RN516 is much more beefy, I would think it could handle 50 to 100+ users depending on what kind of workloads and network you have.
Even newer devices the 526/626/528/628 devices have newer cpus and more memory could potentially support even more.
Netgear may have some more official numbers published somewhere, but above is my guess.
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