So the drivers are built into the kernel? What is minimum kernel required? Anyone know? Does this show up as a /dev/sd* device? Is smart supported?
Did you try different pc or pci slot I assume you have windows driver installed ?My card does not show up in esxi , or in windows at all. Did I get a lemon?
The choices for ZFS slog are Optane, Optane, and Optane.Will this card work with Napp It for ZFS logs?
I installed the driver for this from VMware site, it says its for esxi 5.5 onwards (I am on 6.0u3). Still cant see the cardyou might have to install the driver for esxi as well, just check their hcl page and make sure your esxi version are supported.
You have to install the drivers for it, last I checked, the latest ones were win2k drivers, that is what people have been installing in win10.I tried in a windows 10 pc. It did not show up either. Now I am seriously concerned.
Is it suppose to show up like a SSD/hard drive?
@cw823 you forgot to mention Optane, so definitely OptaneThe choices for ZFS slog are Optane, Optane, and Optane.
Could you direct me to where I can find these drivers?You have to install the drivers for it, last I checked, the latest ones were win2k drivers, that is what people have been installing in win10.
One usually ventures to google/manufacturer website for that.Could you direct me to where I can find these drivers?
Cam you run some benchmarks against it? I currently use a 32 GB ram drive for Plex transcoding, but sometimes hit 50-60% usage during a lot of streaming. If this is fast enough might be inclined to add one to my boxI have a few of the STEC 1TB accelerator and they are great for what they are... Fast, tons of endurance but consumed lots of power and run hot constantly with or without load. I have one deployed as my plex cache/scratch drive and a few other as a local esxi storage for when I need to temporary keep my vm while doing maintenance on the zfs box.
Here's a CDM of the four I purchased. The first two benchmarks are NTFS 128K and the bottom half are ReFS 64KCam you run some benchmarks against it? I currently use a 32 GB ram drive for Plex transcoding, but sometimes hit 50-60% usage during a lot of streaming. If this is fast enough might be inclined to add one to my box
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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
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Sequential 1MiB (Q= 16, T=16): 1828.856 MB/s [ 1744.1 IOPS] <103727.51 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 607.919 MB/s [ 148417.7 IOPS] < 3440.68 us>
[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 16, T=16): 411.540 MB/s [ 392.5 IOPS] <565559.96 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 298.858 MB/s [ 72963.4 IOPS] < 7006.25 us>
Profile: Peak
Test: 1 GiB (x3) <0Fill> [Interval: 5 sec] <DefaultAffinity=DISABLED>
Date: 2020/08/27 1:17:19
OS: Windows 10 Enterprise [10.0 Build 19041] (x64)
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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
[Read]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 16, T=16): 1823.719 MB/s [ 1739.2 IOPS] <144326.39 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 603.164 MB/s [ 147256.8 IOPS] < 3467.82 us>
[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 16, T=16): 855.121 MB/s [ 815.5 IOPS] <298855.28 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 305.591 MB/s [ 74607.2 IOPS] < 6851.37 us>
Profile: Peak
Test: 1 GiB (x3) <0Fill> [Interval: 5 sec] <DefaultAffinity=DISABLED>
Date: 2020/08/27 0:57:39
OS: Windows 10 Enterprise [10.0 Build 19041] (x64)
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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
[Read]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 16, T=16): 1819.218 MB/s [ 1734.9 IOPS] <144884.53 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 608.027 MB/s [ 148444.1 IOPS] < 3438.98 us>
[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 16, T=16): 950.298 MB/s [ 906.3 IOPS] <248074.94 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 299.164 MB/s [ 73038.1 IOPS] < 7000.61 us>
Profile: Peak
Test: 1 GiB (x3) <0Fill> [Interval: 5 sec] <DefaultAffinity=DISABLED>
Date: 2020/08/28 3:10:55
OS: Windows 10 Enterprise [10.0 Build 19041] (x64)
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CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
[Read]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 16, T=16): 1806.659 MB/s [ 1723.0 IOPS] <145874.19 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 620.190 MB/s [ 151413.6 IOPS] < 3370.77 us>
[Write]
Sequential 1MiB (Q= 16, T=16): 935.961 MB/s [ 892.6 IOPS] <256752.32 us>
Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 296.378 MB/s [ 72357.9 IOPS] < 7064.34 us>
Profile: Peak
Test: 1 GiB (x3) <0Fill> [Interval: 5 sec] <DefaultAffinity=DISABLED>
Date: 2020/08/28 3:19:38
OS: Windows 10 Enterprise [10.0 Build 19041] (x64)