What is the smallest supported aggregate size in ONTAP 9?
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.x
- Aggregate
Answer
- ONTAP 9 supports a minimum of 2 Disk with Raid4
- Procedure:
cluster::*> set advanced
cluster::*> aggr create -aggregate SmallAggr -diskcount 2 -raidtype Raid4 -force-small-aggregate true
Warning: You are creating an aggregate with fewer disks than recommended.
Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y
Info: The layout for aggregate "SmallAggr" on node "cluster-01" would be:
First Plex
RAID Group rg0, 2 disks (block checksum, raid4)
Usable Physical
Position Disk Type Size Size
---------- ------------------------- ---------- -------- --------
parity VMw-1.7 SSD - -
data VMw-1.8 SSD 28.42GB 28.44GB
Aggregate capacity available for volume use would be 25.58GB.
Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y
[Job 107] Job succeeded: DONE
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