Overview of NFS and SMB file and directory naming dependencies
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Cluster administration
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Volume administration
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Logical storage management with the CLI
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NAS storage management
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Configure NFS with the CLI
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Manage NFS with the CLI
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Manage SMB with the CLI
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Manage file access using SMB
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Security and data encryption
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Data protection and disaster recovery
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File and directory naming conventions depend on both the network clients' operating systems and the file-sharing protocols, in addition to language settings on the ONTAP cluster and clients.
The operating system and the file-sharing protocols determine the following:
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Characters a file name can use
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Case-sensitivity of a file name
ONTAP supports multi-byte characters in file, directory, and qtree names, depending on the ONTAP release.