Scalability and Performance using FlexGroup Volumes Power Guide
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Scalability and Performance using FlexGroup Volumes Power Guide
- Deciding whether to use the Scalability and Performance using FlexGroup Volumes Power Guide
This guide describes how to set up, manage, and protect FlexGroup volumes for scalability and performance. A FlexGroup volume is a scale-out volume that provides high performance along with automatic load distribution. - What a FlexGroup volume is
A FlexGroup volume is a scale-out NAS container that provides high performance along with automatic load distribution and scalability. A FlexGroup volume contains several constituents that automatically and transparently share the traffic. - FlexGroup volume setup workflow
You can either provision a FlexGroup volume where ONTAP automatically selects the aggregates based on the best practices for optimum performance, or create a FlexGroup volume by manually selecting the aggregates and configuring it for data access. - Managing FlexGroup volumes
You can manage FlexGroup volumes by performing operations such as monitoring the space usage, increasing the capacity, adding constituents, setting quota rules, creating Snapshot copies, and moving the constituents of FlexGroup volumes. - Data protection workflow for FlexGroup volumes
You can create SnapMirror disaster recovery (DR) relationships for FlexGroup volumes. Starting from ONTAP 9.5, you can also back up and restore FlexGroup volumes by using SnapVault technology, and you can create a unified data protection relationship that uses the same destination for backup and DR. - Managing data protection operations for FlexGroup volumes
You can manage data protection operations for FlexGroup volumes by performing operations such as monitoring data transfers, expanding SnapMirror operations, and restoring from SnapVault backups. - Converting FlexVol volumes to FlexGroup volumes
If you want to expand a FlexVol volume beyond its space limit, you can convert the FlexVol volume to a FlexGroup volume. Starting with ONTAP 9.7, you can convert standalone FlexVol volumes or FlexVol volumes that are in a SnapMirror relationship to FlexGroup volumes. - Monitoring volume usage with ONTAP File System Analytics
File System Analytics is a framework for collecting and displaying data about the contents of a FlexGroup or FlexVol volume. - Where to find additional information
After configuring FlexGroup volumes, you can perform additional configuration. For these additional FlexGroup volume configurations, you can use the information for FlexVol volumes, wherever applicable. - Contacting Support
You can contact Support to obtain help for your issue. - Notices
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