Windows 10: Intel Optane Memory

Hi,

It will on a full UEFI system for sure. Just make sure it's FAT32 formatted though. During the setup routine you can tell Windows to install drivers it is unaware of natively. That's when you point it to your "Drivers" folder or whatever you named it on your install media and it will install them along with the rest of the OS really.
No need to integrate them into the install.wim unless you need to install hundreds of machines for sure.

Yet, even if you don't you tell the setup routine to load these drivers you can can still install Intel's software after you installed the OS as most MB and their bios will support automatic switching from AHCI to Intel's RST.

The Intel pdf makes it sound as if it's rocket science but it's really dead simple. Set the bios to cache to the Optane module, install the software onto the OS (must be W10 of course) and it will start caching the system drive.

Personnaly, I would just install the entire OS on a 32 GB module but that's just me and my "freaky" side so to speak.
The thing about these modules is that they're lightning fast on low Q depths and that's where most of the work is done.
IOW, superb performance for a relatively low price is key here.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Thanks f14tomcat. Incidentally, I searched Google and could not find a reference to anyone who restored an image on a system with Intel Optane memory. I guess we will see the first posts soon enough.

 

*Thumbs All will be fine! Right, fdegrove? *Smile

 

Hi,

Not surprised there but I'm very sure it will work without any problem at all. At the manufacturing plant (Siemens-Nixdorf now Fujitsu) we use very similar setups for the data centers and it works just fine.
As you may know that stuff is lightyears ahead of what you find on the consumer market.

LOL, Of course it will @f14tomcat. It will fly. *Wink

Cheers, *Wink