Simple, the SMB connection limit in Windows Pro editions (7,8,10,11) is 20. In previous editions it was 10, and I can’t find a reliable number for the non-pro editions.
That may sound like a lot, but if you have lots of devices reading/writing to it, you’ll quickly run out. It’s also kind of a resource hog when there are lightweight and easy to setup dedicated NAS operating systems with no user limitations for free like TrueNAS (fka FreeNAS) and others.
Simple, the SMB connection limit in Windows Pro editions (7,8,10,11) is 20. In previous editions it was 10, and I can’t find a reliable number for the non-pro editions.
That may sound like a lot, but if you have lots of devices reading/writing to it, you’ll quickly run out. It’s also kind of a resource hog when there are lightweight and easy to setup dedicated NAS operating systems with no user limitations for free like TrueNAS (fka FreeNAS) and others.