UNC vs Mapped Drive connection times

[Krishna Harathi]

We are using Samba 4.7.11.

One of our customers is reporting that with Windows 7, 10 Explorer, connecting using Mapped Drive is taking 10 seconds are more compared to using a UNC path.

I am not an expert in this area, and I started investigating the difference between the two methods to identify and improve any bottlenecks especially in the filesystem underneath Samba.

Given the overwhelming number of variables/parameters in this context, I would very much appreciate this group’s collective expertise on pointing out any known issues to look out for.

Thanks.

Regards.
Krishna Harathi