FAQ for unRAID v6

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I'm getting low read speeds from my unRAID server, is there a fix? There's an issue with Samba included with unRAID v6.2 or above that with some hardware configurations may give slower than normal read speed for Windows 8/10 (and related server releases) clients, my tests indicate that the HDD brand/model used is one of the main factors, write speed is not affected, Windows 7 clients are also not affected. To fix the issue add to "Samba extra configuration" on Settings -&