Comment on Is using an ssd as a cache to speed up a harddrive still a thing?

Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• klankin@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Disk caches are usually implimented at the OS level, not bios

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  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    dell.com/…/how-to-use-intel-smart-response-techno…

    It’s a raid controller setting in the bios. Software raid driver may be needed.

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    • klankin@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah I’d consider that an unusual setup, most users probably aren’t using that combo of hardware (and possibly outdated software with its windows 7 screenshots in the link).

      Also notably it only supports up to 64GB cache drives, so the OS/filesystem implimentation case would include OPs situation - regardless of the CPU/manufacturer theyre using.

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      • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s not that unusual and there are AMD options. That was just the Dell link. I used it on an asus board. I think any intel chip with a bios that supports raid will work. There’s an amd version but I’ve never used it.

        It might make a resurgence but with smaller nvme+sata ssd if costs remain high. Stranger things are happening right now.

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