Functions; Control Driver; Operating Environment - Fujitsu 7119601 User Manual

Chapter 1 Overview
1.6 Operating Environment
Figure 1-1 Appearance of the Fujitsu 3.2 TB Flash Accelerator Card
1.4

Functions

The Fujitsu 3.2 TB Flash Accelerator Card provides the following functionality.
Through the adoption of the NVMe protocol, the card achieves higher-speed throughput compared
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with conventional disk-based drive technologies.
The memory is 3.2 TB Triple Level Cell (TLC) flash. The OS recognizes it as one 3.2 TB disk.
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System performance can improve significantly when the card is used for:
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- a large-capacity read cache for databases, in combination with the Database Smart Flash Cache
function of Oracle Database Enterprise Edition
- a large-capacity read/write cache for ZFS file systems
The card can be used as the system boot drive.
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Error monitoring and failure sign monitoring are possible with a standard tool of the OS.
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The card is a suitable product for enterprises since a life of 5 DWPD x 5 years is guaranteed.
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1.5

Control Driver

The nvme driver is bundled with the Oracle Solaris.
1.6

Operating Environment

Table 1-3 shows the operating environment of the Fujitsu 3.2 TB Flash Accelerator Card.
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