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If Optane achieves the latency benchmarks claimed in [1], I would be happy to use it as swap for large-scale computing. For IO-heavy tasks, it could start to bl
by carbocation 10y ago
If Optane achieves the latency benchmarks claimed in [1], I would be happy to use it as swap for large-scale computing. For IO-heavy tasks, it could start to blur the decision to scale up vs scale out.
1 = https://www.extremetech.com/computing/237817-first-intel-optane-hardware-could-be-coming-to-consumer-desktops https://www.extremetech.com/computing/237817-first-intel-opt...
- rasz_pl 10y agoso you would prefer 16GB Optane drive as swap instead of ... you know, actual 16GB DIMM?
- carbocation 10y agoIn which universe is that a serious question?
- rasz_pl 10y agoIn the same one where Lenovo announces brand new Kaby Lake laptops with '16GB Optane cache'.
- carbocation 10y agoTo be clear, then, I would not use a 16GB DIMM of RAM for swap. I would use all the RAM I had as RAM. Having something faster than an SSD for swap would be a win; hence my original point. Specifically, if the latency is only 10x higher than RAM (as shown in the image I linked to), then it would allow for trade offs to be made from an engineering perspective regarding scaling up vs scaling out.
- brudgers 10y agoAt boot time or waking up from hibernation, probably. Or when I'm on low power mode.
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