topic Re: single volume maximum scale out/up in AFF

single volume maximum scale out/up

jizzzy — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:26:05 GMT

Hi, All.

I'm glad to writing the post.

I have some few question, Can I mount an 8pb volume to single directory? (using nfs, maximum volume mount size)

and in fas or aff system. how do i know my single volume's maximum scale out or up

Regards.

Re: single volume maximum scale out/up

SeanLuce — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 03:57:50 GMT

Yes, absolutely. The feature you are looking for is called FlexGroup.

https://www.netapp.com/us/media/tr-4571.pdf

"A FlexGroup volume is a single namespace that is made up of multiple constituent member volumes and that is managed and acts like a NetApp FlexVol volume to storage administrators. Files in a FlexGroup volume are allocated to individual member volumes and are not striped across volumes or nodes."