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Fragmentation and Reallocate

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Applies to

  • Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
  • Clustered Data ONTAP 8
  • ONTAP 9

Description

  • The article describes WAFL(Write Anywhere File Layout) fragmentation and reallocation process.
  • There are two types of WAFL fragmentation (though they are related in that space fragmentation will likely cause file fragmentation in the long term):
    • File fragmentation
    • Free space fragmentation

 

 

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