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The 32GB one from this article is the consumer product with the same Optane technology as the enterprise/datacenter one. The DC-P4800X (the datacenter one) has
by shadowfacts 9y ago
The 32GB one from this article is the consumer product with the same Optane technology as the enterprise/datacenter one. The DC-P4800X (the datacenter one) has 375GB, 750GB, and 1.5TB variants[1].
So, no, if you have 1TB of memory a 32GB Optane SSD isn't going to make a difference, but if you have 1TB of memory, you're not the target for the 32GB consumer version, you're the target for the 375GB+ datacenter version.
[1]: http://www.anandtech.com/show/11209/intel-optane-ssd-dc-p4800x-review-a-deep-dive-into-3d-xpoint-enterprise-performance http://www.anandtech.com/show/11209/intel-optane-ssd-dc-p480...
- Dylan16807 9y ago> you're the target for the 375GB+ datacenter version Keeping in mind that that version costs $4/GB, which is about half the price of adding more RAM. Which means that while it can be good storage for ZFS or a database, it's still not a particularly effective cache in such a machine.
- pixl97 9y agoIt costs $4 per GB today. In 6 months it will probably be $3, and in a few years it will be $2. Meanwhile RAM will still be $8 per GB or more. Also 64GB dimms are around $13 per GB, and have been around that price for awhile.
- merb 9y agowell at 1tb memory there aren't that many dimm slots free and some processors also don't support that much more. but still what I wanted to say is that it is prolly more useful as a ssd read cache. and not to have it behind your big memory.