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Change volume efficiency mode

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Beginning with ONTAP 9.10.1, the volume-level storage efficiency modes default and efficient are supported for AFF systems only. These modes provide a choice between file compression (default), which is the default mode when creating new AFF volumes, or temperature-sensitive storage efficiency (efficient), which enables temperature-sensitive storage efficiency.

Steps

You can perform this task using ONTAP System Manager or the ONTAP CLI.

System Manager

Beginning with ONTAP 9.10.1, you can use System Manager to enable higher storage efficiency using the temperature-sensitive storage efficiency feature. Performance-based storage efficiency is enabled by default.

  1. Click Storage > Volumes.

  2. Locate the volume on which you want to enable or disable storage efficiency, and click Menu options icon.

  3. Click Edit > Volumes, and scroll to Storage Efficiency.

  4. Select Enable Higher Storage Efficiency.

CLI

You can use the volume efficiency modify command to change the storage efficiency mode for an AFF volume from default to efficient, or you can set an efficiency mode when volume efficiency is not already set.

  1. Change the volume efficiency mode:

    volume efficiency modify -vserver <vserver name> -volume <volume name> -storage-efficiency-mode <default|efficient>

Learn more about volume efficiency modify in the ONTAP command reference.