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DanieleFiore201
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Slow SvMotion of thin disks over NFS

Guys,

i'm moving some 1,7 TB thin disks (basically empty as i have just created them) between NFS datastores (on the same NetApp box) and sVmotion takes ages (approx 1 hour).

Is it normal ? as i'm assuming the thin empty disks should be moved faster than this while even VAAI is enabled.

Any guess ?

Thanks, Daniele

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SG1234
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are the disks formatted thick or thin?

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Rubeck
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HI Daniele..

Storage vMotion is not offloaded to the NetApp array when using NFS... See more details here: NetApp Knowledgebase - What VAAI configurations are supported on Data ONTAP storage controllers?

Why it takes a hour seems wierd, though...

/Rubeck

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