topic Re: MetaData Storage Location in ONTAP Discussions

MetaData Storage Location

darraghos — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:41:24 GMT

I read somewhere that when you create a flexclone it immediately occupies approx. 0.5% of the nominal size of the parent flexvol. This is for metadata. Is this metadata stored in the volume and charged against the free space in the volume or the aggregate? Same goes for the metadata for a LUN/Volume, where is this stored? Is it in the WAFL reserve in the aggregate?

Re: MetaData Storage Location

HARI_KRISHNA981 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:09:59 GMT

Hi darraghos,

Its in the aggregate(volume containing aggregate) for the flexvol volume. You can refer the below doc for the reference

https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1196986/html/GUID-77437C70-6983-4BF7-AA01-2E5F7C709059.html

Regards,

Hari.

Re: MetaData Storage Location

darraghos — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:20:44 GMT

Thanks Hari

Re: MetaData Storage Location

HARI_KRISHNA981 — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 07:15:35 GMT

you r welcome