A storage architect is designing a vSAN solution that enforces quotas and Access Based Enumeration...

The architect should highlight that quotas and Access Based Enumeration are configured when creating the vSAN file share, with ABE available for SMB shares. In the vSAN File Service create-share workflow, the General page allows the administrator to choose the protocol and configure protocol-specific options. When SMB is selected, the share can be configured with Access Based Enumeration, which displays only files and folders that the user has permission to access and hides files or folders where the user lacks Read or equivalent permissions. The same create-share workflow also includes Storage space quotas, including a share warning threshold and a share hard quota. Therefore, the design implication is operational: quotas and ABE must be planned and applied at the file-share configuration level for SMB shares that require both controls. Quotas are not limited only to NFS shares, and ABE is not a cluster-level setting. Separate file service servers are also unnecessary because vSAN File Service supports SMB and NFS shares through the same file service architecture. Reference topics: vSAN File Service, Create vSAN File Share, SMB Access Based Enumeration, Storage Space Quotas.