SSD Caching for HDD Data
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I'm looking for a tried and true, solid, reliable, enterprise production-grade SSD Caching software/driver that works with and is supported on current Operating Systems such as Hyper-V & Windows Server 2016.
Paid options OKAY.
SanDisk DAS Cache has been used with Windows Server 2012 R2 and has worked excellent and flawlessly.
However, it looks like support for modern Operating Systems and the latest servers are a no-go. So, that's the end of that.
I'm looking for tried and true options from personal experience, but will accept leads.
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StarWind does this. Don't know if you want it in a single node, though.
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@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
StarWind does this. Don't know if you want it in a single node, though.
Yeah it looks like SW will do exactly what I need. But that's not what it's intent is... it's vSAN, not caching.
So if I were to only use it for caching purposes, I'm wondering how that would work out.
I'm proposing some testing to find out. But is it worth it?
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@tim_g said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
StarWind does this. Don't know if you want it in a single node, though.
Yeah it looks like SW will do exactly what I need. But that's not what it's intent is... it's vSAN, not caching.
It's product name is VSAN, but it has a caching mechanism.
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@tim_g said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
So if I were to only use it for caching purposes, I'm wondering how that would work out.
I'm proposing some testing to find out. But is it worth it?
It's free, worth testing I'd say.
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@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@tim_g said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
StarWind does this. Don't know if you want it in a single node, though.
Yeah it looks like SW will do exactly what I need. But that's not what it's intent is... it's vSAN, not caching.
It's product name is VSAN, but it has a caching mechanism.
Yes, but will it be production-level stable just using it for the caching feature on a single server?
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@tim_g said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@tim_g said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
StarWind does this. Don't know if you want it in a single node, though.
Yeah it looks like SW will do exactly what I need. But that's not what it's intent is... it's vSAN, not caching.
It's product name is VSAN, but it has a caching mechanism.
Yes, but will it be production-level stable just using it for the caching feature on a single server?
Stable, yes. Has to be or else it wouldn't be stable having it on two servers.
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@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@tim_g said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
So if I were to only use it for caching purposes, I'm wondering how that would work out.
I'm proposing some testing to find out. But is it worth it?
It's free, worth testing I'd say.
The product is. But testing requires time and effort
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@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@tim_g said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@tim_g said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
@scottalanmiller said in SSD Caching for HDD Data:
StarWind does this. Don't know if you want it in a single node, though.
Yeah it looks like SW will do exactly what I need. But that's not what it's intent is... it's vSAN, not caching.
It's product name is VSAN, but it has a caching mechanism.
Yes, but will it be production-level stable just using it for the caching feature on a single server?
Stable, yes. Has to be or else it wouldn't be stable having it on two servers.
Good point.
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Pinging @KOOLER and @Stuka @StarWind_Software
