Hi

By using Windows 2012 or 2012 R2, you can create a SMB Share, during the process you can choose the type  of share,

as an example I choose SMB  Share - Applications.

By using VNX File, you could create a CIFS Share but without this kind of option, you just have to be sure that the VNX has been set up to use SMB 3.

My question is :

What is the difference between a "SMB Share" and a "SMB Share application" ?

does the O/S modify something to improve performance ?

Is it only a way to be sure to enable CA and Multichannel ?

thanks for your help