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Flash Cache

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Some Cloud Volumes ONTAP configurations in AWS and Azure include local NVMe storage, which Cloud Volumes ONTAP uses as Flash Cache for better performance.

What's Flash Cache?

Flash Cache speeds access to data through real-time intelligent caching of recently read user data and NetApp metadata. It's effective for random read-intensive workloads, including databases, email, and file services.

Supported instances in AWS

Select one of the following EC2 instance types with a new or existing Cloud Volumes ONTAP Premium or BYOL system:

  • c5d.4xlarge

  • c5d.9xlarge

  • c5d.18xlarge

  • m5d.8xlarge

  • m5d.12xlarge

  • r5d.2xlarge

Supported VM type in Azure

Select the Standard_L8s_v2 VM type with a single node Cloud Volumes ONTAP BYOL system in Azure.

Limitations

  • Compression must be disabled on all volumes to take advantage of the Flash Cache performance improvements.

    Choose no storage efficiency when creating a volume from Cloud Manager, or create a volume and then disable data compression by using the CLI.

  • Cache rewarming after a reboot is not supported with Cloud Volumes ONTAP.