I have a 24 core hypervisor on an older version of ESXi, plenty of memory, so memory and CPU for some light home office network support but the RAID array is s-l-o-w by today's standards. I work in data engineering now full time and often build huge datasets (billion scale) and run data analysis on Splunk instances as VMs on the ESXi build. I received the new Optane and installed it, zero issues on physical installation (super easy, no different than popping in a video or RAID card into the right PCIe slot) and ESXi 6.7 sees the Optane with having to add drivers or do any special configuration.
With ESXi 6.7, the Optane can be used as persistent memory (for data analysis and Kube scenarios) or really, really, really, really fast storage. I use a pro-grade M.2 drive in my workstation and I want that level of performance for some of the VMs in my lab and the Optane was the perfect solution. A tad expensive but you will never complain about literal plug-and-play with this level of storage performance.
This is an outstanding product. I highly recommend it for certain data analysis use cases or anything very high I/O demands.
| Brand | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | SSDPED1D480GAX1 |
| Item model number | SSDPED1D480GAX1 |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Item Weight | 1.5 pounds |
| Product Dimensions | 12.9 x 10.7 x 8.9 inches |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 12.9 x 10.7 x 8.9 inches |
| Processor Count | 1 |
| Flash Memory Size | 480 |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| ASIN | B077767L4X |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Date First Available | October 28, 2017 |
