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Storage service definitions

ONTAP includes predefined storage services that are mapped to corresponding minimum performance factors.

The actual set of storage services available in a cluster or SVM is determined by the type of storage that makes up an aggregate in the SVM.

The following table shows how the minimum performance factors are mapped to the predefined storage services:

Storage serviceExpected IOPS (SLA)Peak IOPS (SLO)Minimum volume IOPSEstimated latencyAre expected IOPS enforced?
value128 per TB512 per TB7517 ms

On AFA: Yes

Otherwise: No

performance2048 per TB4096 per TB5002 msYes
extreme6144 per TB12288 per TB10001 msYes

The following table defines the available storage service level for each type of media or node:

Media or nodeAvailable storage service level
Diskvalue
Virtual machine diskvalue
Hybridvalue
Capacity-optimized Flashvalue
Solid-state drive (SSD) - non-AFAvalue
Performance-optimized Flash - SSD (AFA)extreme, performance, value