Card Overview
Characteristics
The Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card has the following general characteristics:
Characteristic
Value
Device name
Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card
Manufacturing name
Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card
Capacity
800 GB, usable, 200 GB per flash memory module
Firmware
IT
NAND
eMLC (enterprise multilevel cell)
Card style
Low-profile, half-height, and half-length PCIe board
Related Information
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“Card Specifications” on page 15
Card Hardware Components
The Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card contains these hardware components:
Component
Description
Four SSD flash memory
modules
Total of 800 GB 24nm eMLC NAND flash is directly mounted on the card in two
stacks. Each flash memory module hosts an integrated multi-channel NAND flash
controller.
PCI-E to SAS protocol
controller
The card host controller has a PCI-E 2.0 x8 host interface connecting to a SAS/
SATA x4 6 Gbit/sec protocol controller.
Energy storage components
Energy storage component capacitance allows time to shut down tasks cleanly,
assuring full data retention during loss of power.
The Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card is a block storage device, with block sizing
optimization capabilities. You can use the card for either nonpersistent or persistent data.
The card offers high-performance with low latency and a low CPU burden. The Sun Flash
Accelerator F80 PCIe Card is designed with advanced enterprise multi-level cell NAND
(eMLC) technology for high-level performance and write durability, while providing higher
capacity than SLC NAND cards.
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