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Is there a way to report file-level cold data?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP
  • System Manager
  • Active IQ

Answer

To identify cold data, ONTAP scans aggregates and volumes at the block-level. Therefore, there is no way from ONTAP to generate a cold data report at the file-level.

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