topic Re: Is it ok to use agg0? in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Is-it-ok-to-use-agg0/m-p/33354#M2287 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Brian,</P><P></P><P>Yep absolutely.</P><P></P><P>Does depend on the system size…in the smaller ones…often out of necessity aggr0 gets expanded and all data sits in it…</P><P></P><P>So technically no reason not to…</P><P></P><P>If you have a 100 disks in the system and space for numerous aggregates then of course you could happily leave it as a “system” aggregate</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:04:26 GMT paulstringfellow 2012-04-05T10:04:26Z Is it ok to use agg0? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Is-it-ok-to-use-agg0/m-p/33338#M2284 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have abruptly been made the owner of a NetApp.&nbsp; I have a general question about agg0.</P><P></P><P>I know that a portion of this agg (256GBs in our case) is used for the NetApp, but we have about 700GBs free on each of them(they are only 5 disks).&nbsp; Is it ok to use this space for lower performance volumes or should it be reserved for future growth?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:30:27 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Is-it-ok-to-use-agg0/m-p/33338#M2284 BRIAN_WOODS 2025-06-05T06:30:27Z Re: Is it ok to use agg0? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Is-it-ok-to-use-agg0/m-p/33344#M2286 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Brian and welcome to the Community!</P><P></P><P>In general you are OK to put user data inside aggr0 (or the aggregate containing root volume, no matter how it is actually called).</P><P></P><P>There are some cases where a dedicated root aggregate (without user data) may be considered, but normally that would be feasible on large systems with a lot of disks.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:59:28 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Is-it-ok-to-use-agg0/m-p/33344#M2286 radek_kubka 2012-04-04T19:59:28Z Re: Is it ok to use agg0? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Is-it-ok-to-use-agg0/m-p/33354#M2287 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Brian,</P><P></P><P>Yep absolutely.</P><P></P><P>Does depend on the system size…in the smaller ones…often out of necessity aggr0 gets expanded and all data sits in it…</P><P></P><P>So technically no reason not to…</P><P></P><P>If you have a 100 disks in the system and space for numerous aggregates then of course you could happily leave it as a “system” aggregate</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:04:26 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Is-it-ok-to-use-agg0/m-p/33354#M2287 paulstringfellow 2012-04-05T10:04:26Z Re: Is it ok to use agg0? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Is-it-ok-to-use-agg0/m-p/33361#M2288 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you!&nbsp; It is appreciated!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:00:26 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Is-it-ok-to-use-agg0/m-p/33361#M2288 BRIAN_WOODS 2012-04-05T17:00:26Z