Flash Accel makes server-side flash storage available as cache for applications that read from and write to
NetApp back-end storage. In a
Flash Accel-enabled system, applications write to cache as well as to back-end storage, so that future application reads can be serviced locally from cache. For read-intensive applications in particular, the result is increased throughput and reduced latency. The flash storage device can be an SSD or a PCIe flash memory card.
Flash Accel caches application read requests in the server flash device after the data is provided to the client from
NetApp storage systems. It also provides a write-through cache, which reduces latency, increases server throughput, and offloads IOPS from back-end storage, thereby increasing both server and storage efficiency.