Question Intel Optane with AMD Ryzen advice?

[Cdog042501]

I recently got a smoking deal 25 bucks for an intel p1600x 58gb always been curious about them. I've been considering adding it to my Ryzen 5600/b550 system for a game drive cache for a 2tb hdd, does anyone have any experience with Optane on Ryzen or the latest version of AMD Store Mi that integrates caching, I know most people use Primo Cache but I'm just curious if anyone has had any luck with the new AMD Store Mi or if its even worth using Optane in a system like this in the first place or worth more saving it considering their discontinued?

 

[USAFRet]

StoreMi?
What other drive would this be used with? Your 2TB HDD?

Try it...see what happens.

The p1600x is a drive aimed at datacenter use. Not particularly 'fast'.
And at 58GB, rather small.

 

[Cdog042501]

Store Mi is similar to Intel's software for Optane but by AMD,it previously used tiered storag setup instead of acting as a large chache for a drive as i understand?
I have a 500gb SK Hynix P31 for a boot drive.
i was worried about the 58gb cap but the 118gb was 3x the price, I will definitely post back and let you know how it goes.

 

[USAFRet]

Store Mi is similar to Intel's software for Optane but by AMD,it previously used tiered storag setup instead of acting as a large chache for a drive as i understand?
I have a 500gb SK Hynix P31 for a boot drive.
i was worried about the 58gb cap but the 118gb was 3x the price, I will definitely post back and let you know how it goes.

Yes, I know what it is.
I'm just skeptical of the usefulness.

This intel drive could probably be used for it. It doesn't appear to be anything special, apart from data center longevity and stable speed.

 

[toddthecat]

I was just about to write a question that's a bit similar but I can tell you this: my wife has an HP with an Intel mobo that had a 64gb optane and stock HDD. I mirrored the HD onto a WD SN770, pulled the HDD and optane, and stuck the 770 into the m.2 port. It worked fine. Added a Crucial MX550 to the SATA port for spare storage. It brought life to an older computer.

I took the optane and use it as some side storage for now. My question was if I could use it in conjunction with a Synology NAS through the USB port to essentially make it a 64gb cache for when accessing the NAS. Anyone have thoughts on that? I'm new to Synology. Actually this is also my first NAS and I'm having issues getting it to cooperate with Starlink so I haven't had the chance to test this theory as I'm still troubleshooting the networking issue...

 

[hotaru.hino]

The thing to know about caching is generally this: you only get close to the performance of cache on things you frequently access. If, for example, you only play CS:GO, loading that game will eventually become super fast. But loading everything else will still be slow. And if you constantly change games or access different files, then the caching system isn't going to help much.

 

[USAFRet]

I was just about to write a question that's a bit similar but I can tell you this: my wife has an HP with an Intel mobo that had a 64gb optane and stock HDD. I mirrored the HD onto a WD SN770, pulled the HDD and optane, and stuck the 770 into the m.2 port. It worked fine. Added a Crucial MX550 to the SATA port for spare storage. It brought life to an older computer.

I took the optane and use it as some side storage for now. My question was if I could use it in conjunction with a Synology NAS through the USB port to essentially make it a 64gb cache for when accessing the NAS. Anyone have thoughts on that? I'm new to Synology. Actually this is also my first NAS and I'm having issues getting it to cooperate with Starlink so I haven't had the chance to test this theory as I'm still troubleshooting the networking issue...

You almost certainly can't use the Optane module as a cache for your NAS.