topic Minimum size of the CIFS share!! in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Minimum-size-of-the-CIFS-share/m-p/31774#M2883 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>When i was trying to create a cifs share of 10MB using DFM , I got a error that minimum size for the CIFS Share is 16MB.Why it is recommeded to have a minimum of 16MB?? </P><P></P><P>-karthik</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:46:28 GMT KARTHIK_BHANDARKAR 2025-06-05T06:46:28Z Minimum size of the CIFS share!! https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Minimum-size-of-the-CIFS-share/m-p/31774#M2883 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>When i was trying to create a cifs share of 10MB using DFM , I got a error that minimum size for the CIFS Share is 16MB.Why it is recommeded to have a minimum of 16MB?? </P><P></P><P>-karthik</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:46:28 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Minimum-size-of-the-CIFS-share/m-p/31774#M2883 KARTHIK_BHANDARKAR 2025-06-05T06:46:28Z Re: Minimum size of the CIFS share!! https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Minimum-size-of-the-CIFS-share/m-p/31779#M2884 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Assuming that the CIFS share you are creating maps to a flex vol – the smallest flexvol size that is possible with ONTAP is 20MB.</P><P>Also assuming the default snap reserve of 20% was used in the flex vol you would end up with the 16MB indicated in your post.</P><P></P><P>If you are looking for something smaller why not create a qtree under a flex vol and just apply a 10MB qtree quota?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:50:41 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Minimum-size-of-the-CIFS-share/m-p/31779#M2884 RichardSopp 2011-09-09T12:50:41Z