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On 25 June 2013, at 20:10, Mick wrote: |
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> I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years and one |
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> of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid feature, which |
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> after some cursory googling, I am not entirely sure will work with Linux. |
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Is it possible you could be thinking of a "hybrid" drive? |
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These combine a conventional spinning-platter hard-drive with a smaller SSD, and the windows drivers cache most frequently used files from the hard-drive on the SSD. |
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I *think* that these hybrid drives connect to the PC with a single SATA cable, and I believe that they appear to Linux as two separate drives - /dev/sda and /dev/sdb. You should be able to check this with the google. |
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Assuming my understanding is correct, you should be able to use these drives with Linux's SSD caching features - dm-cache or Bcache. |
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http://www.h-online.com/open/features/What-s-new-in-Linux-3-9-1845705.html |
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM2ODM |
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HTH, |
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Stroller. |
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