How to understand netgroup negative cache
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- Netgroup negative cache
- Netgroup
Description
- There are two kinds of netgroup cache in ONTAP: positive cache and negative cache
- Those present in netgroup database and the look-up succeeds entries are stored in the netgroup positive cache
- Those not present in netgroup database and the look-up fails entries are stored in the netgroup negative cache
- This article describes an example to help you understand the netgroup negative cache