topic CIFS Volume Size in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-Volume-Size/m-p/75747#M6859 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would like to know what CIFS volume size people recoment.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am adding CIFS usage for the first time.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a 900 gig file share on a windows server.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would like to know if I should robocopy the entire 900 gig or if I should break out the folders.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:47:10 GMT robertstein 2025-06-05T06:47:10Z CIFS Volume Size https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-Volume-Size/m-p/75747#M6859 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would like to know what CIFS volume size people recoment.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am adding CIFS usage for the first time.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a 900 gig file share on a windows server.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would like to know if I should robocopy the entire 900 gig or if I should break out the folders.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:47:10 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-Volume-Size/m-p/75747#M6859 robertstein 2025-06-05T06:47:10Z CIFS Volume Size https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-Volume-Size/m-p/75751#M6860 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi and welcome to the Community! <SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="happy" __jive_macro_name="emoticon" class="jive_macro jive_emote" src="https://community.netapp.com/4.5.5/images/emoticons/happy.gif"></SPAN></P><P></P><P>In my opinion there is no need to break this share into multiple volumes - unless you have different snapshot schedules / retention periods for some data subsets.</P><P></P><P>You may also consider using multiple qtrees within the same volume for dividing data into smaller chunks (if there is a good reason for that, e.g. quota management).</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:38:12 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-Volume-Size/m-p/75751#M6860 radek_kubka 2011-08-31T16:38:12Z CIFS Volume Size https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-Volume-Size/m-p/75755#M6861 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> Thank you Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:23:12 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/CIFS-Volume-Size/m-p/75755#M6861 robertstein 2011-08-31T18:23:12Z