So a new laptop I am likely to grab soon will be the System76 Gazelle. (Gazelle - System76)
While checking the specs and spotting the secondary M.2 slot (gen3, the primary is gen4 500G) and knowing I will not be using it for extra storage I was wondering if I could make any practical use of a 32G Optane drive (MEMPEK1J032GA) I have lying around in this slot as a cach drive.
(A brief bit of googling showed me this guide: ubuntu-how-to-use-intel-optane-memory-for-ssd-caching - Codenotary)
I am immediately reminded of @wendell 's H10/20 video and the productivity benefits he showed off although I am unsure if it is worth my trouble experimenting with the second drive on Linux where I am lacking all the intel tools. Also if it would even be of any benefit or more likely just cause me more headaches than it is worth.
Has anyone experimented with running a laptop with a similar Hardware/Linux config? If so I would love to hear how it went. What benefits if any have you seen?
(Baring in mind I am a network engineer who gets quite confused going above layer one for to long ha ha)