Filesystem metadata represents 77 percent of space used in the volume
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- Volume encryption
Issue
- The
::>volume show-spaceshows
Volume : VOLUME_01
Feature Used Used%
-------------------------------- ---------------- -----
User Data 94.9GB 6%
Filesystem Metadata 1.26TB 77%
Inodes 863MB 0%
Deduplication 8.65GB 1%
Snapshot Spill 30.8GB 2%
Total 1.40TB 86%
Total Physical Used 1.40TB 86%
Logical Used 1.74TB 106%
Logical Available 240GB 14%
- From the client side we see 1.63TB user data.
The ONTAP interpret the Filesystem metadata and user data incorrectly.