Intel optane

[CatXice]

Ok so am buying 3 more hdd's raid 5 them will have 4 total (raid 5 will mean if anything brakes am covered right) but if I bought a 32gb optane and put my OS on it would it be a better way to get faster boot times with out forking out as much for a ssd??

[Swealteek]

9 minutes ago, CatXice said:

Ok so am buying 3 more hdd's raid 5 them will have 4 total (raid 5 will mean if anything brakes am covered right) but if I bought a 32gb optane and put my OS on it would it be a better way to get faster boot times with out forking out as much for a ssd??

"optane" can work as a SSD how ever its not wurf it as you have to pay more for it. Its eater optane  or SSD not both. if you want a fast SSD just get a intel SSD or Samsung evo

[Sniperfox47]

21 minutes ago, CatXice said:

but if I bought a 32gb optane and put my OS on it would it be a better way to get faster boot times with out forking out as much for a ssd??

I'm not sure what you mean. Two possibilities:

 

1) Use Optane to accelerate your RAID 5 array: not possible.

 

2) Use Optane module as an NVMe SSD and just install Windows directly to it: short answer yes, long answer ish?

 

Yes you can. With the 32GB module write speed is slightly slower than a 950 pro and read speed is way faster. That being said, it won't improve boot times by any great or even noticable deal.

 

The issue is that with only 32GB for Windows and your system files, anything that needs to install system files is going to be *super* cramped. 64GB would be pushing it, but 32GB is just...

 

If you're looking to use it as an SSD, you're better off just spending the extra few bucks and getting a traditional SSD.

 

Source: I have a 32GB Optane module that I've played around with a ton. Currently using it as a boot drive for Fedora which is substantially smaller than Windows.

[dogetorhue]

For about the same price as a 32gb Optane you can get a 120gb M.2 SSD...

[baconborn]

Optane as it exists right now isn't really meant to be a storage device, it's more meant to be a large and very fast storage cache to accelerate the operating speed of a HDD to match that of a SSD. Now sure, you could install an OS on it, but that's not the intended purpose and be even less cost effective than using it as a cache. 

[baconborn]

Also be sure to double check that raid 5 is even supported by your BIOS. That is more of an enterprise technology and is pretty uncommon on consumer boards

[LogicalDrm]

For OS, no if you are going on with non-modded windows. Just doesn't fit. Windows needs 40gb free space.