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Published on January 8th, 2012 12:00 AM
When it comes to solid state drive technology, probably one of the greatest achievements of 2011 was the successful implementation of solid state cache drives. So what is a cache drive? Well, they are pretty self explanatory. Cache drives store frequently accessed information that is already on the hard drive. Items such as operating system information, startup programs, browser data, games, etc. This way when a program is launched, instead of pulling data off the disk, the information is passed via the SSD Cache drive. So basically, when a cache drive is paired with a hard drive, you get SSD speeds, with the capacity of today's large hard drives.
In order to run OCZ's Synapse drive, all you need is a computer with a standard HDD, then install the this Synapse CACHE SSD then install the Dataplex software that manages and functions as the drives cache layer. The Dataplex software is basically used to create a platform where the most frequently used "hot" data stays on the fast SSD, while the "cold" data remains on the larger capacity HDD.
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