So, intel is selling optane memory, for what i understand it works as a ram cache.
Is there any way to replicate this with actual ram?
So, intel is selling optane memory, for what i understand it works as a ram cache
Luis Roberts
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Hudson Ward
Yes, it can work as RAM. But of course it's not as fast. It has limited use as a buffer between RAM and swap space.
Adam Ortiz
yes but can we replicate it with ram?
Samuel Mitchell
I don't think you'd want to do that because your PC would run like dogshit.
Isaiah Diaz
swap file on your ssd.
Kevin Jones
Memory is a hierarchy where we trade access times for size from your processor registers of bytes and nanoseconds to your long term storage of terabytes. Every time something needs to get something from the next level up, it incurs an IO penalty: think of the difference in load times between installing an OS on an SSD and on an HDD.
For now, 'Optane' is intended to fill the gap between RAM and an SSD. Therefore, it is cheaper for x amount of Optane than for x amount of RAM, but the access times are lower. Since the price per byte isn't that much different from RAM, Optane is currently a poor investment.
So Optane replaces an SSD as a RAM cache, and using RAM as a cache for itself isn't just a bad idea, it doesn't even make sense. Just buy more RAM. Even a motherboard that fits more RAM could be a cheaper, more effective investment.
Optane won't be useful until it replaces flash.
Leo Smith
The idea behind it is Optane combines both RAM and storage into 1 medium.
Luke Richardson
For now it fails at both. And endurance is simply atrocious.
Jackson Peterson
NVDIMM.
Mason Hall
Slower than RAM!
Less storage than an SSD!
More expensive than either!
It's Optane™!