NetApp Certified Design Engineer – SAN — Question 17

As a system administrator, you perform a routine check of available storage space on your FAS2750. You notice that the vol_1 volume is approaching 100% capacity. The volume is configured with the space guarantee set to volume and the LUN reservation is disabled. You want to free up space in the volume without increasing its size.
Which action would accomplish this task?

Answer options

• A. Increase the size of the LUN.
• B. Increase the Snapshot Reserve.
• C. Increase the aggregate size.
• D. Use deduplication.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct action is to increase the aggregate size, which allows for more overall storage capacity, effectively freeing up space without changing the volume size itself. Increasing the LUN size or the Snapshot Reserve does not directly address the issue of available space in the volume, and while deduplication can help save space, it does not increase the capacity of the volume itself.