Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of sara2000
sara2000

asked on

NetApp space reclaim

I have a severe which uses snapdrive to connect a lunch. We have plenty of space at     the lun.
I want to reclaim the space. There is an option at the snapdrive to reclaim the space.  I never done that.
I would appreciate your help on it.
Avatar of Paul Solovyovsky
Paul Solovyovsky
Flag of United States of America image

This will help if the LUN is thin provisioned.   Do this during the quiet period (when there is no high I/O or backups).  This will reclaim unused blocks on the Netapp volume, keep in mind that any changed blocks are stored in a snapshot if a snapshot takes place so you don't realize the full savings until the snapshots are also cycled out.
Avatar of sara2000
sara2000

ASKER

Thank you for your reply.
Will this reduce the LUN size at OS level?
Right now the OS disk size is about 750GB and plenty of free space (500GB)  on that disk.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Avatar of Paul Solovyovsky
Paul Solovyovsky
Flag of United States of America image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial