On 3/9/2013 9:55 PM, John Perry wrote:
On 3/9/2013 11:47 AM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
El 09/03/13 03:55, Koenraad Lelong escribió:
Hi,
I just got a new laptop. It seems to contain a "flash cache" device. That is a SSD drive to cache disk-IO, so my googling tells me. I didn't find if linux really supports this, although I saw something about servers. Anyone has more information ? Will OS12.2/12.3 support this out of the box, or do I need to tweek ?
As you can see, your post has generated much speculation due to the lack of information on what precisely you mean for "flash cache"
It could be "Intel Turbo Memory" however in that case the laptop is not really "new" in the sense that was not manufactured in the last 6 months at least.
Hmm. I have a brand-new Samsung laptop NP700Z7C-S01US that has a flash drive described in the specs along with the main HD as "1 TB with ExpressCache™ Technology, 8GB". It shows in both Windows and suse as a separate hard drive. I've made no effort to use it myself. Might not he be referring to something like this? Is this the same as the "internal hard drive cache" mentioned earlier?
John Perry
Just found more info on the Samsung website: "Innovative ExpressCache™* technology provides 8GB of flash memory on the motherboard that works as an ultra fast HDD. Its intelligent, automatic caching takes 45% less time to boot up and starts Internet Explorer and frequently used applications 2 times faster, while still maintaining the safety and integrity of your data. " Apparently not the internal drive-managed cache referred to earlier; looks much like what Christian and company are so disdainful of. jp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org