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Why is usable capacity of aggregate less than added disk capacity?

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Applies to

  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP
  • NetApp BlueXP

Answer

  • The total amount of storage purchased from a cloud provider is the raw capacity.
  • The usable capacity is less because approximately 12 to 14 percent is overhead that is reserved for Cloud Volumes ONTAP use.
  • For example, if BlueXP creates a 500 GiB aggregate, the usable capacity is 442.94 GiB.

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