You create FlexVol volumes to provide resizable, flexible data containers that can be mounted and accessed using all data access protocols supported by Data ONTAP.
Before creating a FlexVol volume, you must have determined the following attributes for the new volume:
The volume name must conform to the following requirements:
The volume must be at least 20 MB in size. Its maximum size depends on whether it is in a 32-bit or 64-bit aggregate and the model of the storage system that hosts the volume.
The default language is the language of the root volume.
The default space guarantee is volume.
If the default automatic Snapshot schedule does not match your data protection strategies, update the Snapshot schedule for the newly created volume with a more appropriate schedule. For more information about Snapshot schedules, see the Data ONTAP Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode.