Re: [clug-talk] Kaby Lake and Optane Memory

2017-01-16 Thread PUB @ Keystreams.net
Neil, Thank you for your response! Your email arrived while I was reading an article on Rapid Start Technology and wondering if I had gotten them mixed up somehow. Things are cleared up now :-) I don't purchase computers often but when I do I love to take the opportunity to dive back in and ha

Re: [clug-talk] Kaby Lake and Optane Memory

2017-01-13 Thread Neil Mayhew
Hi Jacob, Unfortunately, I don't know anything about Optane as yet. Also, although I've come across Intel's SRT (Smart Response Technology) I hadn't heard of its RST (Rapid Storage Technology) until now. It seems like SRT is a subset of RST. (The similarity of the naming seems like a bad decision

Re: [clug-talk] Kaby Lake and Optane Memory

2017-01-12 Thread PUB @ Keystreams.net
I meant to put RST on the same line as Optane Memory in the diagram: /---> mechanical drive request -> bcache/---> RST or Optane Memory \---> SATA or PCIe ---> \---> SSD signature.asc Descripti

[clug-talk] Kaby Lake and Optane Memory

2017-01-12 Thread PUB @ Keystreams.net
Hi Neil et al, I have some questions I am hoping you or anyone else on the list can help me with. I am researching the new Intel Kaby Lake processor, the i7-7700K. My information so far is specifically from the first page of the Anandtech article about it: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10968/the-