You always have to use /ifs as root directory to store data otherwise at least data protection will not work. As best practice you might add another level of directory like /ifs/userdata to exclude some “system files/folders in the /ifs” from Snapshot or other jobs/functions. (e.g. /ifs/.ifsvar) In that case NFS exports will reflect your directory structure as /ifs/userdata and with SMB shares you can always use as \\FQDN\userdata without reflecting underlying directory structure. For similar functionality to SMB share names you can also use NFS Aliases. Old but useful articles about it: [URL] [URL]  
Hello All, In Isilon/PowerScale, when any new export is created it by default gets created under /ifs. We are looking for a way to create it in another export path like /abc, and not /ifs/abc. Is that possible. Is there a way to change this. What are the workaround and options to accomplish this. Best
Isilon exports path under /ifs