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NVMe is NVMe. Perhaps you’re thinking of Optane in a DIMM form factor?
by new_realist 7y ago
NVMe is NVMe. Perhaps you’re thinking of Optane in a DIMM form factor?
- dijit 7y agohttps://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/does-optane-really-only-work-on-intel-and-not-on-amd.3027390/ https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/does-optane-really-o... Seems like it only works with Intel 7th gen and later. Although there's a post on the LTT forums[0] exclaiming that Wendell managed to get it working. (although he also got Thunderbolt working before on AMD) [0]: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/961841-we-ran-intel-optane-on-an-amd-cpu/ https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/961841-we-ran-intel-opt...
- XMPPwocky 7y agoIntel's crappy caching software is locked to only work with certain CPUs, and/or requires certain things from the fake RAID controller. NVMe Optane as a product just shows up as a small, fast drive. StoreMI works with it, even faster than Intel's stuff in some cases.
- dijit 7y agoThat's actually very helpful clarification; thank you. :)
- yskchu 7y agoIntel marketing is confusing; Optane is several things There's Optane memory, which is the one the link is referring to, it needs Intel CPUs Then there's Optane SSDs, which works with AMD fine Source: I'm using them on EPYC servers Optane memory is not a traditional SSD, it's more of a disk cache, matched to the Intel CPU. While the rest of the Optane family are standard SSDs
- walrus01 7y agoThis is what happens when the marketing department gives the same name to two things which may be broadly in a general product category, but are technically very different. Have seen it with many categories of hardware.
- Dylan16807 7y agoIt's actually worse. If you follow Intel's marketing "Optane Memory" refers to the SSDs. The Optane DIMMs are called "Optane DC Persistent Memory".
- fgonzag 7y agoWait, why is it worse? It perfectly describes what it is: An Optane (3DXpoint) Persistent Memory Module. Guess the DC stands for DataCenter?
- Dylan16807 7y agoThat part isn't terrible, even though it is really unwieldy. The big problem is using "Optane Memory" as the branding for the kind that isn't a memory module. The natural things to call them are "Optane drives" and "Optane memory". Don't criss-cross that!
- Tempest1981 7y agoLike the Ford Mustang Mach E. Thanks marketing.
- stevehawk 7y agoMy blood pressure rose just reading your comment. (rhetorical) What in the hell were they thinking?
- Tempest1981 7y agoFord marketing says it has "Mustang DNA" and "Mustang spirit". Steeling a successful brand.
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- temptemptemp111 7y agoThoughts on using Optane vs just adding more RAM? RAM is still faster, and won't Linux-based servers make good enough use of it to beat Optane?