Merge pull request #108054 from jeffpatt24/patch-7

Update storage-sync-cloud-tiering.md

Author: PRMerger13

articles/storage/files/storage-sync-cloud-tiering.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Learn about Azure File Sync's feature Cloud Tiering
 author: roygara
 ms.service: storage
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 09/21/2018
+ms.date: 03/17/2020
 ms.author: rogarana
 ms.subservice: files
 ---
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ Cloud tiering is an optional feature of Azure File Sync in which frequently acce
 When a user opens a tiered file, Azure File Sync seamlessly recalls the file data from Azure Files without the user needing to know that the file is stored in Azure. 
 
  > [!Important]  
- > Cloud tiering is not supported for server endpoints on the Windows system volumes, and only files greater than 64 KiB in size can be tiered to Azure Files.
+ > Cloud tiering is not supported on the Windows system volume.
     
-Azure File Sync does not support tiering files smaller than 64 KiB as the performance overhead of tiering and recalling such small files would outweigh the space savings.
-
  > [!Important]  
  > To recall files that have been tiered, the network bandwidth should be at least 1 Mbps. If network bandwidth is less than 1 Mbps, files may fail to recall with a timeout error.
 
@@ -30,6 +28,10 @@ The Azure File Sync system filter builds a "heatmap" of your namespace on each s
 
 In versions 4.0 and above of the Azure File Sync agent, you can additionally specify a date policy on each server endpoint that will tier any files not accessed or modified within a specified number of days.
 
+<a id="tiering-minimum-file-size"></a>
+### What is the minimum file size for a file to tier?
+For agent versions 9.x and newer, the minimum file size for a file to tier is based on the file system cluster size (double the file system cluster size). For example, if the NTFS file system cluster size is 4KB, the resulting minimum file size for a file to tier is 8KB. For agent versions 8.x and older, the minimum file size for a file to tier is 64KB.
+
 <a id="afs-volume-free-space"></a>
 ### How does the volume free space tiering policy work?
 Volume free space is the amount of free space you wish to reserve on the volume on which a server endpoint is located. For example, if volume free space is set to 20% on a volume that has one server endpoint, up to 80% of the volume space will be occupied by the most recently accessed files, with any remaining files that do not fit into this space tiered up to Azure. Volume free space applies at the volume level rather than at the level of individual directories or sync groups.