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Re:Available on Google Cloud: Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory by frakkingcylons on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @06:34PM (#18349782)
> The persistent part is that it's persistent across reboots.

So does that mean it can be considered persistent like a regular SSD/HDD?

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Re:Available on Google Cloud: Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory by ztorkelson on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @06:56PM (#18349895)
Yes. It's durable storage with a RAM interface. Byte-addressable through conventional CPU load/store instructions. It follows the usual cache coherence protocols for memory, but once it gets flushed, it's stable—just like conventional storage devices.
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