RST/VROC Premium License - "Intel VROC Integrated caching" - Benchmarks and Cache Size

[BSeklecki_GE]

Questions about the VROC Premium license key:

• Does anyone have a disk I/O benchmarks  (ATTO Benchmark or similar) to compare performance of the same hardware, same SSDs, but with different license key levels?
• Activates a Cache that automatically built into the IC (but unused until license)
  •  Does this cache features a mini BBU (Battery Backup Unit) as-well to protect the cache contents if EDF cuts out and RPS / UPS are absent?

Basically just trying to figure out if it is worth the extra $150 for Premium; and, if a BBU is absent, it On desktop environments which lack RPS+UPS, is not worth it even if the cache accelerates read and write performance by 10%.

Merci,

~Brian

[pujeeth]

Hello BSeklecki_GE,

Greetings!!

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention.

We will be routing this query to a dedicated thread to ensure you receive a quicker and more accurate response.

Regard

Pujeeth

Intel Customer Support Technician

Intelvroc.com

[BSeklecki_GE]

I've done some benchmarking on a reference platform (Intel Xeon-W, 12 core, Samsun NVMe) using a standard License; I'd like to compare the benchmark to a Premium license with the CACHE enabled and compare the results.   I will share publicly if I have the results before Intel has a reply.

[ArchieD_Intel]

Hi BSeklecki_GE,

Thank you for reaching out to the Intel Community Forum. To assist us in investigating the issue, please provide the following details:

To help you with this, please see Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) SKUs and Licensing.

If you have any questions, please let us know. Thank you.

Best regards,

Archie D.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[ArchieD_Intel]

Hi BSeklecki_GE,

Did you have a chance to review the previous post? Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Thank you.

Best regards,

Archie D.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[ArchieD_Intel]

Hi BSeklecki_GE,

Since I haven't received a response from you, I will be closing this inquiry. If you need further assistance, please submit a new question, as this thread will no longer be monitored.

Best regards,

Archie D.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[BSeklecki_GE]

The previous articles & links contained no Benchmark comparison of the Standard to Premium I/O performance in combination with the same underlying hardware  (Motherboard; NVMe SSDs).

Customers need a benchmark results to visually examine to be able to make an informed purchasing decision (Premium vs Standard).

[BSeklecki_GE]

Maybe someone from Intel can comment on this:

Supposedly (according to Intel official documentation) a PREMIUM LICENSE KEY is required to enable CACHING.

However, upon closer inspection using the windows management client, with a STANDARD license key, I see CACHING as enabled!

What is going on here, Intel?

[BSeklecki_GE]

Still waiting on INTEL to clarify on license requirements confusion in the RST VROC marketing material.

Is PREMIUM license required to use CACHING on RST-VROC?

[BSeklecki_GE]

BTW; we asked Dell corporate sales.  Their sales and support teams have no idea, so in case someone at Intel is wondering how the education programs for VARs is going well....it is not >:}