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Using an SSD to cache a HDD?

post #1 of 5
12/16/12 at 11:56pm
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I run an SSD as my boot drive. It's fast, snappy, and responsive. I then use a pair of mirrored 1TB platter drives for my data. Any time I hit the platter drives I can feel it. What I want to do it drop in a second SSD of roughly 64GB and use it exclusively for caching of the HDD's most common files. I know that some Intel boards provide this function in hardware, but I am not on an Intel board. I also know that Sandisk ReadyCache and Corsair Accelerator are both offered as hardware/software combo kits. Both of them have a poor value ratio though, and I question whether they will try to do something dumb like attempt to cache my entire system, in effect caching my SSD to a second, crappier SSD.

Anyone have any software-only solutions that they can point me to that lets me bring my own drive?
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post #2 of 5
12/17/12 at 9:50am
I'm sorry, James but I do not have a solution for you.

However, I have the same issue. My OCZ Vertex4 is smoking hot fast! My Seagate 3TB is no slouch but compared to the SSD it is a slug. tongue.gif I would also like a solution for this problem and I've heard of HDD caching with small SSD's before.
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post #3 of 5
12/17/12 at 10:30pm
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Looking in to it a bit further, the SSD caching market is really immature. By the time it becomes mature, we'll have 1TB SSDs to use as storage in the first place. It's a lost cause.

Back to waiting mode.
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post #4 of 5
12/17/12 at 10:59pm
Let me know if you find something worth while.
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post #5 of 5
12/18/12 at 5:51am
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Originally Posted by darklordjames View Post

Looking in to it a bit further, the SSD caching market is really immature. By the time it becomes mature, we'll have 1TB SSDs to use as storage in the first place. It's a lost cause.
Back to waiting mode.

You are correct about SSD caching being immature, but I don't believe it's a lost cause. 1TB SSDs still won't be as cheap as 1TB HDDs anytime soon. SSD caching is only going to become more prevalent in the coming months and years as SSDs get faster and cheaper and HDDs get larger and cheaper, the demand for fast+massive will continue.
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Let me know if you find something worth while.

Samsung just acquired NVELO, which makes SSD caching software called Dataplex (used by OCZ, Crucial, and Corsair). It's a platform-agnostic form of Intel's SRT. So this could mean that Samsung will open the floodgates for SSD caching options or at least license the software to more SSD makers. Either way, look for non-Intel platforms to gain more robust SSD caching solutions in the coming months.

http://www.nvelo.com/company/press-release/2012-12-14
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