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NS0-504 · Question #8

Which NetApp Virtual Storage Tier component works at the host level?

The correct answer is C. Flash Accel. NetApp has used flash to provide Flash Pool volume-level caching inside its arrays, Flash Cache caching inside its controllers, and now Flash Accel software, the three legs of the VST stool. Applications in the servers request data services from NetApp's ONTAP arrays and the…

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Question

Which NetApp Virtual Storage Tier component works at the host level?

Options

  • AFlash Pool
  • BFlash Disk
  • CFlash Accel
  • DFlash Cache
  • EFlash IO

How the community answered

(39 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    5% (2)
  • C
    74% (29)
  • D
    5% (2)
  • E
    13% (5)

Explanation

NetApp has used flash to provide Flash Pool volume-level caching inside its arrays, Flash Cache caching inside its controllers, and now Flash Accel software, the three legs of the VST stool. Applications in the servers request data services from NetApp's ONTAP arrays and the read data is cached by Flash Accel in third-party flash hardware, PCIe or SSD, providing an up to 90 per cent reduction in application and server latency. Flash Accel is free to download by NetApp customers and has some API-level integration with NetApp's array software, ONTAP. It has a2TB

Topics

#Virtual Storage Tier#Flash Accel#host-level caching#storage hierarchy

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