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I thought SSD caching would speed up my NAS, but here's what actually helped

I was flush with everything I needed to set up the NAS, keep it running with maximum efficiency, and things I needed to ...
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Common NVMe caching mistakes and how to avoid them

Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) solid-state drives (SSDs) have transformed the way we store data. These drives offer speeds up to 15,000 MB/s (yes, that's 15 GB/s) that can load games, operating ...
Ars Technica

PERC5 Forced Write-Back Cache

I have a Dell PE2590 with a PERC5 handling a 6 disk RAID5 array. Write-back caching is enabled but it's defaulting to write-through. This is obviously murdering performance (writes = 30Mbps vs 300Mbps ...
Ars Technica

WinXP - write caching and data corruption

I can think of a few ways to work around that specific problem, but then write speed would decrease and people would bitch about how slow it is.<BR><BR>Write caching has nothing to do with your ...
HotHardware

Micron 2600 SSD Touts Adaptive Write Tech For Big Speed Gains On Budget Storage

Micron's newly announced 2600 series of NVMe SSDs is a set of PCIe Gen4 drives the company says delivers TLC-like performance while retaining the cost efficiency of QLC NAND. The key to that claim? A ...
PC Magazine

write cache

A reserved area of RAM that is used to quickly store new or revised data. During idle machine cycles, the contents of the write cache are copied to storage (disk, SSD). If a computer or storage device ...
Zawya

IBM boosts XIV Storage System Gen3 performance three-fold with SSD caching option

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 12 Feb 2012: IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced several key enhancements to its XIV® Storage System Gen3 including a new solid state drive (SSD) caching option that can ...