topic Maxdirsize for CIFS directories in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Maxdirsize-for-CIFS-directories/m-p/29704#M2651 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all</P><P></P><P>how can I work out how many CIFS files can be stored in one directory? I have read in an alternate thread <A href="https://community.netapp.com/thread/2564" target="_blank">http://communities.netapp.com/thread/2564</A> how to calculate for NFS but not CIFS.</P><P></P><P>There must surely be a way of doing this. Otherwise we are totally relying on the filer to alert on the maxdirsize setting.</P><P></P><P>Thank you for any help</P><P></P><P>Marcus</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:20:06 GMT mburrows1 2025-06-05T07:20:06Z Maxdirsize for CIFS directories https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Maxdirsize-for-CIFS-directories/m-p/29704#M2651 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all</P><P></P><P>how can I work out how many CIFS files can be stored in one directory? I have read in an alternate thread <A href="https://community.netapp.com/thread/2564" target="_blank">http://communities.netapp.com/thread/2564</A> how to calculate for NFS but not CIFS.</P><P></P><P>There must surely be a way of doing this. Otherwise we are totally relying on the filer to alert on the maxdirsize setting.</P><P></P><P>Thank you for any help</P><P></P><P>Marcus</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:20:06 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Maxdirsize-for-CIFS-directories/m-p/29704#M2651 mburrows1 2025-06-05T07:20:06Z Re: Maxdirsize for CIFS directories https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Maxdirsize-for-CIFS-directories/m-p/29709#M2652 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This link is to a KB for storevault but the calculation should be the same</P><P></P><P></P><P><A href="https://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=kb42673" target="_blank">https://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=kb42673</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:51:53 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Maxdirsize-for-CIFS-directories/m-p/29709#M2652 dasimpson1 2009-12-30T14:51:53Z Re: Maxdirsize for CIFS directories https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Maxdirsize-for-CIFS-directories/m-p/29715#M2653 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for that. It's a shame there isn't a full article on this, but this one is helpful.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:56:36 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Maxdirsize-for-CIFS-directories/m-p/29715#M2653 mburrows1 2010-01-04T10:56:36Z