How does FabricPool behave when Cloud Tier reaches full capacity
Applies to
- ONTAP
- StorageGRID
- Fabricpool
- Object Store
Answer
- PUT operations will fail, so tiering will stop.
- Data in the capacity tier remains available
- Cold data in the performance tier will be tiered once the capacity tier is writable again
Additional Information
- Ontap will log a warning when using a capacity license with a hypervisor when reaching a certain theshold.
- Ontap will not log a warning using StorageGRID as capacity tier.
- Try to avoid this situation as gaining back capacity no matter which way is time and effort consuming.