I have an 8tb harddrive and 256gb sdd and I want to use them as a game drive on linux. I'm not sure what's the best method for setting that up is or if it's even a good idea.

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[–] 1 point 4 months ago* (4 children)

Sure if your bios supports it.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Disk caches are usually implimented at the OS level, not bios

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    Yeah I'd consider that an unusual setup, most users probably aren't using that combo of hardware (and possibly outdated software with its windows 7 screenshots in the link).

    Also notably it only supports up to 64GB cache drives, so the OS/filesystem implimentation case would include OPs situation - regardless of the CPU/manufacturer theyre using.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    It’s not that unusual and there are AMD options. That was just the Dell link. I used it on an asus board. I think any intel chip with a bios that supports raid will work. There’s an amd version but I’ve never used it.

    It might make a resurgence but with smaller nvme+sata ssd if costs remain high. Stranger things are happening right now.

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