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by grasgruen.it
Fri Nov 13, 2020 1:43 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Improve NVME Performance
Replies: 5
Views: 5575

Re: Improve NVME Performance

H/W Caching is active. Is in this case the diskspd test of the storage with caching (without the switch -h) relevant? Is the Starwind vSAN able to use the hardware cache of an NVME SSD? Why is then the recommended storagetest without cache? https://www.starwindsoftware.com/best-practices/starwind-vi...
by grasgruen.it
Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:51 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Improve NVME Performance
Replies: 5
Views: 5575

Re: Improve NVME Performance

My test results are from the underlying storage. Tested locally on the server. No vSAN active yet.
How could I activate the hardware disk cache? I know only how to define RAM and SSD cache in vSAN.

Thank you
by grasgruen.it
Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:54 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Improve NVME Performance
Replies: 5
Views: 5575

Improve NVME Performance

Hi, I am running Starwind vSAN Free on Hyper-V 2019 Server on a AMD X570 hardware (which is not really supported). It runs good besides the disk performance. Had to use Win10 drivers for chipset. No question marks in devmgmt besides audio devices. The disk is a Corsair Force MP600. Diskspd 4k result...