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Why is the number of files in the System Manager report greater than the number of files reported by the on-demand scan?

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ONTAP 9.x

Answer

  • The number of files displayed by system manager is not real-time information.
  • System manager displays the number of entire files containing alternate data streams.
  • On-demand scans are based on readable files, so the difference is expected behavior.

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