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Post by george on Dec 11, 2021 6:39:57 GMT -5
Someone tried this? AMD StoreMI www.amd.com/en/technologies/store-miPlanning another Ryzen build, was thinking of experimenting with this as I think have some HDD to go along with it.
"A new feature AMD has added to the 400-series chipset is "StoreMI", a technology with very similar capabilities to Intel's Smart Response Technology which attempts to combine the benefits of fast, but expensive, SSDs along with cheap high-capacity, but slow, HDDs. StoreMI combines the two storage devices into a single virtual drive (single letter drive on Windows) and automatically manages and moves the data across the drives. Essentially, the chipset uses the SSD as a cache for traditional hard drives. The idea is to keep the most recent and most accessed data on the SSD in order to improve real-world responsiveness while keeping the less used data in the slower mechanical hard disk in order to preserve the capacity of the SSD. It’s worth noting that this hierarchy of secondary storage devices can actually extend to main memory. Up to 2 GiB of RAM may be configured and reserved as another level of cache for the HDD on top of the SSD."
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Post by eidairman1 on Dec 11, 2021 8:26:03 GMT -5
Someone tried this? AMD StoreMI www.amd.com/en/technologies/store-miPlanning another Ryzen build, was thinking of experimenting with this as have some HDD to go along with it.
"A new feature AMD has added to the 400-series chipset is "StoreMI", a technology with very similar capabilities to Intel's Smart Response Technology which attempts to combine the benefits of fast, but expensive, SSDs along with cheap high-capacity, but slow, HDDs. StoreMI combines the two storage devices into a single virtual drive (single letter drive on Windows) and automatically manages and moves the data across the drives. Essentially, the chipset uses the SSD as a cache for traditional hard drives. The idea is to keep the most recent and most accessed data on the SSD in order to improve real-world responsiveness while keeping the less used data in the slower mechanical hard disk in order to preserve the capacity of the SSD. It’s worth noting that this hierarchy of secondary storage devices can actually extend to main memory. Up to 2 GiB of RAM may be configured and reserved as another level of cache for the HDD on top of the SSD."
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Post by Mr.Scott on Dec 11, 2021 8:54:16 GMT -5
Virtual hybrid drive.
SSD's are so cheap now, it's not worth the experiment.
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Dec 11, 2021 10:46:12 GMT -5
It looks like a combination of storing information for quick access to an SSD and even to system memory.
Since my storage drives like to fall asleep a lot (WD Green drives), this storage tech could prove useful. It does seem to take the storage drives a considerable amount of time to wake up.
I'd be game to see some experiements honestly.
But in the End Scotty is right. You can pick up 2T SSD's for well under 200 bucks these days.
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Post by Mr.Scott on Dec 11, 2021 12:36:44 GMT -5
Since my storage drives like to fall asleep a lot (WD Green drives), this storage tech could prove useful. It does seem to take the storage drives a considerable amount of time to wake up. You can turn that off you know. |
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Post by georgekokovinis on Dec 11, 2021 15:52:11 GMT -5
There is no software in the world that can make a drive faster.
Samsung 980 Pro nvme 1TB pcie4
159$, pcie3 69$.
7000mb/s read-write time.
Win7 installation 5 minutes.
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Dec 11, 2021 17:17:20 GMT -5
Since my storage drives like to fall asleep a lot (WD Green drives), this storage tech could prove useful. It does seem to take the storage drives a considerable amount of time to wake up. You can turn that off you know. I know and I do. |
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Post by george on Dec 12, 2021 6:43:10 GMT -5
I agree with the views posted. This "feature" is not entirely new and I do not feel that I have a need for a lot of disk space. A bit curious how well it works, eg. for those in the gaming area that do need lots of disk space. Kind of dislike the thought of "toss the drive, it is too slow". Rather, run it until it gives up(for stuff that is not critical).
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Post by Vinster on Dec 12, 2021 14:18:04 GMT -5
Virtual hybrid drive. SSD's are so cheap now, it's not worth the experiment.
I agree with Scotty
There is no software in the world that can make a drive faster. Samsung 980 Pro nvme 1TB pcie4 159$, pcie3 69$. 7000mb/s read-write time. Win7 installation 5 minutes.
This is if you rely on platter HDD's and want a boost of performance...
This is also similar to Intel Optane Drives
or those 8GB/1TB Hydrid drives.
Vin
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Post by Mr.Scott on Dec 12, 2021 15:11:00 GMT -5
Optane only works in certain circumstances. If it were that good across the board, don't you think everybody would be all over it?
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Post by Vinster on Dec 12, 2021 21:05:21 GMT -5
Optane only works in certain circumstances. If it were that good across the board, don't you think everybody would be all over it? True it does need specific HW for it to work. but with NVMe drives at their size, cost point and speed. I agree with George, there isn't much worth in running a cache drive.
Vin
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