Intel Optane 16GB m.2 Available for Pre-Order

[Patrick]

I ordered one of these earlier today. Says release tomorrow (4/24) and with prime shipping:
Amazon.com: Intel Optane Memory Module 16 GB PCIe M.2 80mm MEMPEK1W016GAXT: Computers & Accessories

$45 for 16GB on a PCIe x2 m.2 card is silly, but why not.

I may setup a machine in DemoEval soon with the 32GB model.

 

[T_Minus]

Woohoo I got 1 to mess around with too.

Thanks for headsup!

 

[BackupProphet]

This must be the perfect ZIL for ZFS! Im gonna get one for sure! Only one problem, I only have one system with M2

 

[T_Minus]

@BackupProphet it also says it requires a latest-gen CPU and chipset, not any system with M2... not sure if that's 100% accurate, but it is optane so it's likely true. I cancelled mine, figured if I'm gonna try it out may as well get the 32GB once available and that will align better with my new v6 setup timing.

 

[vrod]

This must be the perfect ZIL for ZFS! Im gonna get one for sure! Only one problem, I only have one system with M2

As far as I have heard, the optane series are mostly made for read purposes? It might be good too for ZIL but I guess the guys on the freenas forums would toast you because it doesn't have battery backup

 

[TangoWhiskey9]

Amazon.com: Intel Optane Memory Module 16 GB PCIe M.2 80mm MEMPEK1W016GAXT: Computers & Accessories SAYS IN STOCK WED 5/3

 

[T_Minus]

There's another thread and homepage article Patrick did testing these... not really gonna work for ZFS, or anything useful IMO

 

[Patrick]

@T_Minus hopefully later today I will have a good use case on this, databases.

And on ZFS, remember, 100GB/ day write endurance. If you have a small 4-bay NAS with 4x 4TB, for example, and 8TB usable, are you really writing more than 100GB/ day on average?

Also, for web hosting, these are pretty awesome actually.

 

[T_Minus]

Who would use a 32GB drive instead of 32GB RAM for a DB though? Curious about the database use case none the less.

I don't see the super low latency of Optane being a bonus when you're going through a network and ultimately "the internet", I really wonder if 30us vs 10us make a difference in that situation? Looking forward to see those results

 

[eva2000]

@T_Minus hopefully later today I will have a good use case on this, databases.

And on ZFS, remember, 100GB/ day write endurance. If you have a small 4-bay NAS with 4x 4TB, for example, and 8TB usable, are you really writing more than 100GB/ day on average?

Also, for web hosting, these are pretty awesome actually.

yeah web hosts should have a few in each server