Storage Virtual Machines (SVM) are the entity in clustered Data ONTAP which the storage consumer actually interacts with. As the name implies, they are a virtual entity, however they are not a virtual machine like you would expect. There are no CPU, RAM, or other cache assignments that must be made. Instead, we assign storage resources to the SVM, such as aggregates and data LIF(s), which the SVM then uses to provision FlexVols and make them available via the desired protocol.
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