Yes, Intel Optane can function as a ReadyBoost storage option.
Yes, Intel Optane can function as a ReadyBoost storage option.
I thought it might work on another platform, so I checked alternatives like ReadyBoost and sysmain. Everything was already configured, just needed to allocate Intel Optane to ReadyBoost. However, the main disk speed didn’t improve as expected. Please let me know if you need further assistance.
What’s your primary focus and what are you evaluating? For straightforward reads AFAIK a standard SSD typically outperforms Optane since the latter technology has been discontinued and hasn’t achieved the advancements that NAND has made. What Optane excels at compared to NAND is durability, random access speed, and consistent write performance.
primary hard drive (don’t worry about the name—HP Docs is just a preassembled unit)
Consider alternative caching options instead of ready boost. Primocache or Intel Optane would be better choices. If you can, start from an SSD—any HDD or cached HDD will be quite slow now.
intel optane software seems quite problematic for me. It keeps telling me my BIOS settings aren’t compatible, even though it’s functioning. A few videos on YouTube suggest turning off CSM can help, but without CSM on my PC I can’t boot Windows and instead see BIOS at 480p. I’ve tried getting cracked versions of Primocache, but nothing seems to work. It feels like I’ve wasted a lot of time without any real progress.
But again, what exactly are you trying? If you're reading files that aren't cached yet, it won't help much. Windows needs time to figure out which files should be stored in cache. For writes, the impact is still minimal, especially with small files where the cost on a hard drive isn't huge (unless you're handling many tiny files), and for larger files you'd usually have other options while it runs. I believe most caching gains come from a NAS setup where clients assume all data is saved on the final drive and focus on their tasks, letting the NAS handle the rest. A lot of RAM in the NAS will also provide similar results.