Requirements for using Flash Pool aggregates

The Flash Pool technology has some configuration requirements that you should be aware of before planning to use it in your storage architecture.

Flash Pool aggregates cannot be used in the following configurations:

•	32-bit aggregates

•	Aggregates composed of array LUNs

•	Aggregates that use the ZCS checksum type

You can use data compression on volumes associated with a Flash Pool aggregate. However, compressed blocks are not cached in the Flash Pool cache for either read or write operations.

Read-only volumes, such as SnapMirror or SnapVault destinations, are not cached in the Flash Pool cache.

For a list of the platforms that support Flash Pool aggregates, and for minimum numbers of SSDs, see the Hardware Universe.

If you create a Flash Pool aggregate using an aggregate that was created using Data ONTAP 7.1 or earlier, the volumes associated with that Flash Pool aggregate will not support write caching.

For more information about the types of workloads that benefit from using Flash Pool aggregates, see Technical Report 4070: NetApp Flash Pool Design and Implementation Guide.