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Max directory size exceeded due to smaller than default directory size

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9

Issue

Directory hits the non-default configured value of maxdirsize

  • ​​​​​ Any new file created will likely fail
  • Performance may be impacted

Errors seen in event log:

::>[node1: wafl_exempt00: wafl.dir.size.max.warning:error]: Directory size for fileid 8796536 in volume vol1 is approaching the maxdirsize limit.

::>[node1: wafl_exempt14: wafl.dir.size.warning:error]: Directory size for file id 27846 in volume vol1 is approaching the maxdirsize limit.

::>[node1: wafl_exempt09: wafl.dir.size.max:error]: Directory size for fileid 10386 in volume vol1 reached the maxdirsize limit.

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