Intel Optane at reasonable prices

[thphon]

Pardon Our Interruption...

I got myself a couple, since they are sold as new I figure there's not much risk

 

[BackupProphet]

He also has 375GB available for about same price per GB.
This is a good price that made me seriously considering buying a few for my Apache Pulsar cluster, but the truth is, I do not expect much better performance. And I cannot think of another use case I can currently benefit from them. So a pass for me.

 

[trumee]

Is this U.2 or M.2 or pcie form factor?

 

[BackupProphet]

From the model number, looks like HHHL

 

[trumee]

What is HHHL?

 

[ArthurA]

What is HHHL?

Half Height Half Length, would be a compact PCI-E card.

 

[EasyRhino]

here is the 375G for $100.

Intel Optane DC P4800X Series 375GB PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive SSDPED1K375GAES | eBay

They also some PMEM memory if you're into that (I forget what a good price is)

Items for sale by ramwholesalers | eBay

 

[abq]

Large Size Gone! ...only 375gb left

 

[vincococka]

Large Size Gone! ...only 375gb left

I bought last 2 pieces 3-5 minutes before your post . Already have one in lab and Optanes are as usual funtastic.

And yeah - guys were selling HHHL pcie 3.0 x4 cards.

 

[jhartbarger]

750GB ones have been restocked.

 

[nev_neo]

ugh, why do I keep coming back to this forum !!
Another bunch of equipment i'm not going to use !

 

[jhartbarger]

Fyi, both 375gb and 750gb have been reduced in price to $85 and $170.

 

[chrgrose]

Going fast

 

[EasyRhino]

aww looks like they are gone. Around $80 is when my impulse buy impulse kicks in.

 

[unwind-protect]

I snooze I lose.

Congrats to all who snarfed some.

 

[RobstarUSA]

Is this the same thing for the same price?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/388565564172?_skw=P4800x+750GB&itmmeta=01JXGJ9H3208XJEZJCTH0EBS8E&hash=item5a784ffb0c:g:vjUAAOSwsEhoSZqm&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1ceFPiU%2BqvBPrUTvZJAVp4efVfqBLOTpb0cHZ1U99V4JPcry%2BbazdgXc2uyoJU2NGa4l12IMqP%2BBldU6p3MK1UxgDOPN9bSt0MejZqZgP9KU5YSmnJC25Nm6bogJepakws52kVREdQEXeBKAKxbdyqbjej9BhVC8v976CPzE2n4kvSpza7Xnr2i9%2FdjSvF%2BNeBJKYsG4flydBm688sYbxNewOHS7Vl58ueKOnoupTWqdSZQ4syCLF60tNCsbDwgJmQ%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9aRppLsZQ

looks like u.2 though

 

[BackupProphet]

That is u.2, the other was HHHL. Either you already have u.2 bay available, or you need an adapter.

I am suprised that these goes so fast, why are not more people looking into NVDIMMS? They have 100x lower latency compared to Optane SSD's. And are also cheaper per GB. Is it because you need Intel Cascade Lake or newer?

 

[i386]

, why are not more people looking into NVDIMMS

Requires often "Special" Hardware. All epycs Support nvdimm but Not all platforms Exposé that Feature (EG supermicro Supports nvdimms in dual Socket Mainboards only)

 

[Culbrelai]

I wish P5800X’s weren’t so crazy expensive. If I recall these 4800s are barely different in performance than the 905P’s that were on sale recently

 

[BackupProphet]

Requires often "Special" Hardware. All epycs Support nvdimm but Not all platforms Exposé that Feature (EG supermicro Supports nvdimms in dual Socket Mainboards only)

It's not that special? You only need Cascade Lake or newer Intel Generations?
For home lab, if youre stuck with a single Epyc system is understandable. But today, most can afford a cascade lake system which is just a few hundred bucks.