Use Nvme as buffer or cache?

[Borgus Bohr]

I have 4tb ssd from samsung (SATA), I aslo have a 500gb 970 evo plus (M.2). Anyone knows if it is possible to use an m.2 nvme ssd as a kind of ''faster cache'' for the SATA SSD. Any way of doing that? 

 

Thanks! 

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For what kind of workloads and in what OS? I can't think of many ways you'd feel a difference in real world usage.

[Borgus Bohr]

Just now, Den-Fi said:

For what kind of workloads and in what OS? I can't think of many ways you'd feel a difference in real world usage.

Photo editing. When saving in photoshop, my file goes in my SATA slower SSD. In Photoshop, any files under 500mb saves in an instant, but anything over that is really slow. The more I test saving large files on my 970 evo I realize it is not that faster on average. I guess you are right, and it is probably a software problem influencing the save time.

thanks fo the feedback!

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2 minutes ago, Borgus Bohr said:

Photo editing. When saving in photoshop, my file goes in my SATA slower SSD. In Photoshop, any files under 500mb saves in an instant, but anything over that is really slow. The more I test saving large files on my 970 evo I realize it is not that faster on average. I guess you are right, and it is probably a software problem influencing the save time.

thanks fo the feedback!

Yeah, I'm using a 3970X to a Gen4 NVMe and the once the files are over 500 as you say...  doesn't get much better. I don't think setting something like that up is worth your time.