The ASIS volume size limits go away in 7.3.1, so if you can get by with the current limits for now, you can grow the volumes later.
I don't know if there is a limit to the number of ASIS volumes on a filer. I know there are limits to the number of active ASIS processes, but if you hit that, they just run in sequence like when the snapmirror/snapvault concurrent limits are hit.
John
-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Ray Van Dolson Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:30 AM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Limits on ASIS enabled FlexVols
Hello fellow toaster-ites! I am evaluating the use of NFS datastore on NetApp for use with ESX. Initially the potential benefits of ASIS (dedup) had me just about sold, however, I discovered that with the FAS2020 we're looking at there is a 500GB limit to the size of ASIS enabled FlexVols. Bummer.
I see this limit goes up to 1TB with the FAS2050, so I may need to compare that option as well...
Moreover, I'm wondering what the limit on the *number* of max-sized ASIS enabled flexvols is per filer? Could I have 15 500GB ASIS enabled flexvols in the FAS2020 above? That wouldn't seem to make logical sense as I understand the limitation is tied to memory.... but this might help us get around this size limitation.
Thanks in advance.
(No sales replies to this please)
Ray