NetApp has expanded its all-flash storage offerings with the creation of a range of SSD-equipped FAS8000 devices called the AFF8000 series. AFF hardware – which stands for all-flash FAS – comes in the following variants: AFF8020 (5TB raw base capacity), AFF8040 (10TB), AFF8060 (20TB) and the AFF8080 (40TB).The all-flash arrays are populated with consumer MLC (cMLC) flash drives and offer NFS, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI connectivity. AFF hardware – like other NetApp FAS arrays – can be clustered together to reach capacities of several hundred terabytes.
