5.2. SMB Multi-Channel

Multi-Channel is an SMB3 protocol feature that allows the client to bind multiple transport connections into one authenticated SMB session. This allows for increased fault tolerance and throughput on Windows 8 and newer and Windows Server 2012 and newer.

For more information, see SMB3 Multi-Channel with Samba on Red Hat Gluster Storage (Technology Preview).

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