topic Re: Optane H10 16GB 256SSD in Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drives

Optane H10 16GB 256SSD

JonathanLeeUSA — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:20:49 GMT

Keywords: Swap fstab ram FreeBSD Eli drive label for activating ram mode

Hello fellow Intel community members, I recently had the pleasure to acquire a H10 Optane device, I hope to utilize the onboard 16GB memory with FreebBSD swap as a ram expander for resource heavy updates, however gpart only shows 238 GBs is there anyone that has researched this? Full utilization of the on board memory as a swap partition in Linux is needed for systems with embedded memory. I am running this on a Netgate 2100-MAX that uses pfSense, I have fully configured and utilize squid, clamAV certificated ssl intercept Snort IPS IDS, authenticated NTP, my issue is sometimes it uses swap, again SSD and swap cause issues and run the risk of over use. I am currently using it over usb, yes it won’t access full speed because of usb limitations, again I have a mpcie adapter that is coming that way I can access the 5gbps speeds on the mpcie lane, yes one lane but faster over swapping on an external drive with the NVMe and usb adapter. What must be done once it is running on the pcmie to m.2 adapter to get access to that memory ? Is that automatic? Does the NVMe itself access the ram? The ram is 16GB and my onboard is only 4 so even if it started to use swap I personally do not think it would evert access the SSD and the swap would stay in the Optane ram side volatile memory, versus accessing the SSD. Should I label it like swap? Could that automatically let the NVMe Optane card know it is being used as swap? Is there a way to inform the code that “hey I am a swap partition so do not write to the SSD until absolutely necessary” I am using Eli so even if the power is lost or drive is pulled the drive swap partition is not readable it does not even need to save the memory. What must be done to tell the NVMe to only use ran on the card and to forget the SSD? Can I partition it with a specific label? There has to be a development way and or experimental way to do this … SSD technology is getting to be as fast as ram as it is why not just roll with it and give the option to use it as swap emergency ram …

Re: Optane H10 16GB 256SSD

JonathanLeeUSA — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 14:56:35 GMT

I am a full computer science major, I am looking for sector locations and or information on accessing the SSD PCB’s on board volatile memory. Code related information if it is not proprietary. Thank you.

Re: Optane H10 16GB 256SSD

JonathanLeeUSA — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 04:44:31 GMT

Ok I have not enabled it over a mpcie to m.2 adapter and it is working however I formatted it before so when I run gpart it shows my 8gb partition I want for swap.

My question is how do I just put that 8GB freebsd swap partition on the optane side is that automatically done? I have the label swapUSB because it was on a usb adapter before. Now it is over mpcie it sees it as nda0 and no longer da0 great !!! Thanks for everything helping me on this from freebsd to netgate forums. I just want to make sure it is correct.

Goal swap is on the fastest part of the Optane H10 drive. I only want 8GBs because the ram is 4GB

Re: Optane H10 16GB 256SSD

JonathanLeeUSA — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:55:38 GMT

Does anyone know how to use nvmecontrol to format the drive correctly? I am just trying to only use the Optane memory for my swap use with .eli it does not need to be saved ever if a reboot occurs that data can be volatile. Is there anyway to access that ?

Re: Optane H10 16GB 256SSD

JonathanLeeUSA — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:01:13 GMT

I have it running as eli it works however I think it is only on the SSD side and not the Optane memory

Re:Optane H10 16GB 256SSD

IntelSupport — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:47:28 GMT

Hello JonathanLeeUSA,

Thank you for trusting Intel with your business. As with all good things, your product has reached the end of its interactive technical support life. However, you can find Intel® Optane™ Memory H10

recommendations at Intel Community forums and additional information at the Discontinued Products website. It is our pleasure to continue to serve you with the next generation of Intel innovation at Intel.com.

For your reference, please find the article below:

Intel Optane Memory Support Article

Thank you for posting on Intel Community.

Regards,

Vikas

Intel Customer Support Technician

intel.com/vroc

Re: Re:Optane H10 16GB 256SSD

JonathanLeeUSA — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:07:42 GMT

Thanks for the reply. This is the community forum right?

Re:Optane H10 16GB 256SSD

IntelSupport — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:32:56 GMT

Hello JonathanLeeUSA,

Thank you for your response.

Yes, this is the Intel Community.

Best regards,

Vikas

Intel Customer Support Technician

intel.com/vroc