Would something like this be viable for cache disk?


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Are these examples of currently available products?

 

    https://www.newegg.com/samsung-960-evo-1tb/p/N82E16820147595

and

    https://www.newegg.com/intel-750-series-400gb/p/N82E16820167359

 

The first, I believe, will work if you get a board with the appropriate NVMe socket for it.  But I have not seen any MB's with more than two sockets.

 

The second one would require the proper PCIe sockets and the proper configuration of the PCIe busses for maximum throughput. 

 

 

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10 hours ago, Frank1940 said:

Are these examples of currently available products?

 

    https://www.newegg.com/samsung-960-evo-1tb/p/N82E16820147595

and

    https://www.newegg.com/intel-750-series-400gb/p/N82E16820167359

 

The first, I believe, will work if you get a board with the appropriate NVMe socket for it.  But I have not seen any MB's with more than two sockets.

 

The second one would require the proper PCIe sockets and the proper configuration of the PCIe busses for maximum throughput. 

 

 

Okay, cool... I just wasn't sure If they weren't an absurdity large a volatile cache or something. Labeling a storage device as memory did cause a bit of uncertainty for me. Seems likely probably went with the name since they're intended to be used as cache. I appreciate it. :)

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10 hours ago, Frank1940 said:

Are these examples of currently available products?

 

    https://www.newegg.com/samsung-960-evo-1tb/p/N82E16820147595

and

    https://www.newegg.com/intel-750-series-400gb/p/N82E16820167359

 

The first, I believe, will work if you get a board with the appropriate NVMe socket for it.  But I have not seen any MB's with more than two sockets.

 

The second one would require the proper PCIe sockets and the proper configuration of the PCIe busses for maximum throughput. 

 

 

Sorry this is the actual product

eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fusion-io-ioDrive2-1250-GB-MLC-SBD-Loaner/323878793770?hash=item4b68ae322a:g:aPMAAOSwl-NdSapP

10 hours ago, Frank1940 said:

Are these examples of currently available products?

 

    https://www.newegg.com/samsung-960-evo-1tb/p/N82E16820147595

and

    https://www.newegg.com/intel-750-series-400gb/p/N82E16820167359

 

The first, I believe, will work if you get a board with the appropriate NVMe socket for it.  But I have not seen any MB's with more than two sockets.

 

The second one would require the proper PCIe sockets and the proper configuration of the PCIe busses for maximum throughput. 

 

 

Okay, cool... I just wasn't sure If they weren't an absurdity large a volatile cache or something. Labeling a storage device as memory did cause a bit of uncertainty for me. Seems likely probably went with the name since they're intended to be used as cache. I appreciate it. :)

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5 hours ago, DataPhile said:

Sorry this is the actual product

eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fusion-io-ioDrive2-1250-GB-MLC-SBD-Loaner/323878793770?hash=item4b68ae322a:g:aPMAAOSwl-NdSapP

Okay, cool... I just wasn't sure If they weren't an absurdity large a volatile cache or something. Labeling a storage device as memory did cause a bit of uncertainty for me. Seems likely probably went with the name since they're intended to be used as cache. I appreciate it. :)

 

I wouldnt use that myself because that drive is going to be old. There is a review here from 2013  so the ebay drive linked, may well of had upto 6 years of use.

https://www.storagereview.com/fusionio_iodrive2_mlc_application_accelerator_review_12tb

Also a modern nvme drive such as the samsung 970 evo plus is a faster drive. Also the Fusion-io ioDrive2  may well run under the published specs for the drive unless the PCIe power limit threshold is raised from the standard  25 watts https://www.dell.com/support/article/uk/en/ukdhs1/how12260/setting-the-device-wattage-level-on-a-sandisk-fusion-io-iodrive2-to-improve-performance?lang=en

Also take into consideration that the 970evo nvme 1tb drive uses only 6 watts.

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Thank you for the replies! I'm trying to look at older AIC's rather than newer models, I am trying to fond the best price to GB ratio that can perform better than just writing to disk. I currently have an 800 GB SAS 3 Seagate nitro, but it bottlenecks the server hard due to the nature of my absurdly large file transfers. :P I was hoping to find something of at least minimum 1.6 TB, in a reasonable price range.

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