Why doesn't the snapshot size displayed in 'snapshot show' match the size under the .snapshot folder displayed on the client?
Applies to
ONTAP 9
Answer
Objects counted for size are different, it is expected behavior that the snapshot size displayed in 'snapshot show
' and total file size under the .snapshot
folder do not match.
- A snapshot size, which can be checked with
snapshot show
, is the size of the difference block referenced only from that snapshot. - A snapshot is a copy of the reference information in the filesystem at the time it was taken.
- Total file size in the snapshot is the same as the total file size in the Active File System at the time it was taken.
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