topic Re: WAFL architecture in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/WAFL-architecture/m-p/39615#M9411 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>To WAFL a LUN is just another file within a volume - hence in theory you can share a volume containing some LUNs over CIFS and/or NFS (you'll see files with .lun extension)</P><P></P><P>However is is not recommended &amp; rather pointless as you can't really get into LUNs data other than going via your host-layer file system &amp; block-level protocol (iSCSI or FC).</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:00:08 GMT radek_kubka 2009-07-13T11:00:08Z WAFL architecture https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/WAFL-architecture/m-p/39611#M9410 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P></P><P>I am a bit curious to know&nbsp; wafl would treat data if the same volume is shared as a share and the same volume contains luns. How WAFL treats Block Based I data or i/os.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:25:48 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/WAFL-architecture/m-p/39611#M9410 javed 2025-06-05T07:25:48Z Re: WAFL architecture https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/WAFL-architecture/m-p/39615#M9411 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>To WAFL a LUN is just another file within a volume - hence in theory you can share a volume containing some LUNs over CIFS and/or NFS (you'll see files with .lun extension)</P><P></P><P>However is is not recommended &amp; rather pointless as you can't really get into LUNs data other than going via your host-layer file system &amp; block-level protocol (iSCSI or FC).</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:00:08 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/WAFL-architecture/m-p/39615#M9411 radek_kubka 2009-07-13T11:00:08Z