https://community.netapp.com/t5/AFF/Hybrid-SSD-failed/m-p/114742#M234 <P>Hello Chung,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If the Flash Pool were to fail for any reason, e.g. broken/failed disks, the entire aggregate would be marked offline. &nbsp;Remember that Flash Pool will cache writes as well as reads, so it's important to protect it just like the capacity tier. &nbsp;An appropriate number of spares is important.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Andrew</P> Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:27:53 GMT asulliva 2016-01-18T15:27:53Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/AFF/Hybrid-SSD-failed/m-p/114732#M233 <P>Hi All,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Storage pool use SAS or SATA with SSD for caching, if SDD with double parity and failed three SDD disks, will aggregate data continue access without caching function?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Best regards,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Chung</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:18:22 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/AFF/Hybrid-SSD-failed/m-p/114732#M233 chinchillaking 2025-06-04T22:18:22Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/AFF/Hybrid-SSD-failed/m-p/114742#M234 <P>Hello Chung,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If the Flash Pool were to fail for any reason, e.g. broken/failed disks, the entire aggregate would be marked offline. &nbsp;Remember that Flash Pool will cache writes as well as reads, so it's important to protect it just like the capacity tier. &nbsp;An appropriate number of spares is important.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Andrew</P> Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:27:53 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/AFF/Hybrid-SSD-failed/m-p/114742#M234 asulliva 2016-01-18T15:27:53Z