I'm using NetApp device as a NAS storage. I have a lot of small files (30-60k) and dirs. For example I have: 30000 dirs with another 1000-2000 dirs.
A lot of dirs are empty, but most of them have many files (30k).
Should I change block size on Ext3?
Linux – File system for a lot of small files
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Best Answer
If you're using the NetApp as a NAS, i.e. using NAS protocols such as NFS, CIFS/SMB, http etc. then you don't get to choose the filesystem, it uses NetApp's WAFL file system, you can't change it.
If you're using the NetApp to provide block-level sharing such as iSCSI/Fibre-Channel/FCoE then it's irrelevant that it's on a NetApp - you can assume it's on local disk for all intents. In which case please use our search function as this kind of question has been asked many times before.