Does the volume size increase temporarily when compression starts
Applies to
- Data ONTAP 8 7-Mode
- Clustered Data ONTAP 8
- ONTAP 9
Answer
Yes, the volume size increases temporarily when compression starts.
The compression function compresses the compression group(CG) and save into the volume, and then deletes the compressed CG.
So the volume size increases temporarily before deleting the compressed CG.
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