DataPhile Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hi, I recently came across an AIC called a flash accelerator (flash cache). I was wondering if something like this could be used as unraids cache disk. Is it viable? Is there benefits/drawbacks to doing so? The price/GB is insanely cheaper. Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 You need to provide a link... Quote Link to comment
DataPhile Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 On 8/17/2019 at 1:38 PM, Frank1940 said: You need to provide a link... I apologize, I should have done so. This is what I was talking about. https://premierpartner.sandisk.com/products/drives/fusionio.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion-io Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment
DataPhile Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment
DataPhile Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 4 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 Quote Link to comment
SpaceInvaderOne Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment
DataPhile Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 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. I was hoping to find something of at least minimum 1.6 TB, in a reasonable price range. Quote Link to comment
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