Intel Optane computers

HDD+Optane (2 drives)

— combination of traditional hard drive with an Intel Optane series SSD.

For more information about the general features of this combination, see "HDD+SSD (2 disks)". Here, we note that “optains” differ from other SSD drives in special three-dimensional structure of memory cells (3D Xpoint technology). This allows you to access data at the level of individual cells and do without some additional operations, which speeds up the speed and reduces latency, and also has positive effect on memory life. The second difference is that Optane is usually used not as separate drive, but as an auxiliary buffer (cache) for the main hard drive, designed to increase speed. Both drives are perceived by the system as single device. The disadvantage of this type of SSD is traditional — rather high cost; it is also worth noting that its superiority is most noticeable at relatively low loads (although it does not disappear completely with increasing load).