The metadata was reduced from fixed space to thin-provisioned space in Netapp Element software 6, which enables the potential to provision about 16 times the amount of space because the metadata size ...The metadata was reduced from fixed space to thin-provisioned space in Netapp Element software 6, which enables the potential to provision about 16 times the amount of space because the metadata size is no longer fixed. To calculate the provisioned space for a node, you need the usable metadata capacity per drive in bytes for your NetApp SolidFire node.
