What is intel optane?

[Xdrone]

Could somebody explain what intel optane is, and what it's used for?

 

Also, I have an nvme 960 evo for OS and firecuda for storage.

So would optane be of any interest, or use for me and my build?

[JHY]

an useless tech

[LHJKO]

 

[Xdrone]

1 minute ago, Vernw3 said:

 

I have seen this and I still don't understand.

[rn8686]

Just now, PCNoobie said:

an useless tech

Not useless at all, will become very useful when it is cheap enough for consumers to use as a normal drive.

 

New type of memory that is very fast, between memory and NVME drives (Low latency also). 

[Oshino Shinobu]

It's basically just a cache. Like how your Firecuda has a small (8GB I think) Solid State cache, Optane is basically that but typically larger than you'll find on SSHDs. 

 

It's useful for writing to HDDs as data can be written to the Optane cache right away, then offloaded to the HDD. This means that you're not limited by the speed of the HDD for writes (up to a certain size). Frequently used data is also kept in the Optane cache so it can be accessed quicker. You have no manual control over what goes into the cache though, so it's not really that useful for most applications unless you constantly use the same sets of data. 

 

If you're using an SSD, optane makes basically no difference to the performance of the drive. It does make some difference to HDDs, but really, investing in more SSD capacity that you have control over is more worthwhile than going for Optane. 

[Princess Luna]

15 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

Not useless at all, will become very useful when it is cheap enough for consumers to use as a normal drive.

 

New type of memory that is very fast, between memory and NVME drives (Low latency also). 

Nah it's useless.

[Xdrone]

18 hours ago, rn8686 said:

Not useless at all, will become very useful when it is cheap enough for consumers to use as a normal drive.

 

New type of memory that is very fast, between memory and NVME drives (Low latency also). 

Nvme being faster or?

[rn8686]

Just now, Xdrone said:

Nvme being faster or?

Fatser than NVME. 

[Xdrone]

18 hours ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

It's basically just a cache. Like how your Firecuda has a small (8GB I think) Solid State cache, Optane is basically that but typically larger than you'll find on SSHDs. 

 

It's useful for writing to HDDs as data can be written to the Optane cache right away, then offloaded to the HDD. This means that you're not limited by the speed of the HDD for writes (up to a certain size). Frequently used data is also kept in the Optane cache so it can be accessed quicker. You have no manual control over what goes into the cache though, so it's not really that useful for most applications unless you constantly use the same sets of data. 

 

If you're using an SSD, optane makes basically no difference to the performance of the drive. It does make some difference to HDDs, but really, investing in more SSD capacity that you have control over is more worthwhile than going for Optane. 

Thankyou for all this explanation, but why wont this affect SSDs?

[Mira Yurizaki]

8 hours ago, Xdrone said:

Thankyou for all this explanation, but why wont this affect SSDs?

SSDs are fast enough for the general consumer that adding Optane won't really make a difference.