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What namespace and data constituents are
Each Infinite Volume contains a number of constituents. You don't interact with the constituents; you interact with the Infinite Volume, and the Infinite Volume manages its constituents for you. Understanding what constituents exist in an Infinite Volume can help you understand how an Infinite Volume works.
Each Infinite Volume contains the following hidden constituents:
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Namespace constituent
The namespace constituent tracks the file names for all of the files in the Infinite Volume. A junction connects the namespace constituent to the root volume of the Vserver with Infinite Volume, and the namespace constituent is the exported volume that clients mount to access the directory in an Infinite Volume. The default mount path for an Infinite Volume is /NS, but you can customize the mount path as required. However, the mount path must be a single element, such as /financials; it cannot be root (/) or two elements, such as /NS/financials. When clients store and retrieve files in the Infinite Volume, they interact with the namespace constituent inside the Infinite Volume. Each Infinite Volume contains one namespace constituent.
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Data constituents
Data constituents store data. When clients store files in the namespace constituent, the Infinite Volume leaves the file name of each file in the namespace constituent and moves the data for each file to a data constituent. Clients never interact with data constituents. Clients interact with the namespace constituent, and the Infinite Volume manages the flow of information between the namespace constituent and its data constituents. Each Infinite Volume contains two or more data constituents.
Parent Topic: Aggregate requirements for an Infinite Volume

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