Comparison of FlexVol volumes and Infinite Volumes

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Volume capability or feature	FlexVol volumes	Infinite Volumes	Notes
Containing entity	Node	Cluster; can span nodes
Number of associated aggregates	One	Multiple
Maximum size	For 32-bit volumes, 16 TB. For 64-bit volumes, up to 90 TB, depending on the storage system model	Up to 20 PB	For more information, see the Hardware Universe.
Type of Vserver	Vserver with FlexVol volume	Vserver with Infinite Volume
Maximum number per node	Up to 500, depending on the storage system model	N/A	Infinite Volumes span nodes.
Maximum number per cluster	12,000	One
Types of aggregates supported	64-bit or 32-bit	64-bit
SAN protocols supported	Yes	No
File access protocols supported	NFS, CIFS	NFSv3 only
Deduplication	Yes	Yes
Compression	Yes	Yes
FlexClone volumes	Yes	No
SnapLock volumes	Yes	No
Quotas	Yes	No
Qtrees	Yes	No
Thin provisioning	Yes	Yes
Snapshot copies	Yes	Yes
Data protection mirrors	Yes	Yes	For Infinite Volumes, only mirrors between clusters are supported.
Load-sharing mirrors	Yes	No
Antivirus	Yes	No
Tape backup	Yes	Yes	For Infinite Volumes, you must use NFSv3 rather than NDMP.
Volume security styles	All	UNIX only

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