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Virtual machine system requirements
The virtual machine that is providing caching to applications using Flash Accel software must meet minimum resource requirements. Review these requirements before deploying Flash Accel software on the virtual machine.
Flash Accel requires additional virtual memory to support the amount of cache that is allocated to the virtual machine. For example, if you are planning to use 500 GB of cache from the flash device, you should configure an additional 3 GB of memory on the virtual machine. Multiply the size of the cache you want to use by 0.006 to get your approximate memory requirement.
No specific requirements for Flash Accel, but if the virtual machine is stored on an NFS datastore, the host must have access to a VMFS datastore or cache allocation to the virtual machine will fail.
Note: The virtual data disks on the VM must be VMDKs or RDMs. Flash Accel does not support iSCSI disks at this time.
Parent Topic: Prerequisites for using Flash Accel


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