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Primocache not writing to L2 storage

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:21 am
by neojist
for some reason, my primocache stopped writing to L2 cache. i've opened multiple games to try and get it to write data to the L2 cache, but it still wont (all my games are on the 2tb hdd), any help is greatly appreciated

SPECS:
ryzen 9 5900x
gtx 1070
16gb 3200mhz ram+
1 OS ssd
1 L2 cache ssd
2 slow storage HDD

Re: Primocache not writing to L2 storage

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 4:26 am
by Support
L2 has cached write-data, see the value in "Total Write (L1/L2)". If you want to speed up writing, you need to enable Defer-Write.
For more information, please see
https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/pri ... write.html
https://kb.romexsoftware.com/en-us/2-pr ... ache-space
Another point to note is that a write cache space, whether it is a shared cache space or a separate write cache space, only means that write-data can be cached, and does not necessarily mean that disk writes can be accelerated. Defer-Write must be turned on at the same time to speed up disk writes. Otherwise, write-data cached in the write cache space can only speed up disk readback.

Re: Primocache not writing to L2 storage

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 6:52 am
by neojist
Support wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 4:26 am L2 has cached write-data, see the value in "Total Write (L1/L2)". If you want to speed up writing, you need to enable Defer-Write.
For more information, please see
https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/pri ... write.html
https://kb.romexsoftware.com/en-us/2-pr ... ache-space
Another point to note is that a write cache space, whether it is a shared cache space or a separate write cache space, only means that write-data can be cached, and does not necessarily mean that disk writes can be accelerated. Defer-Write must be turned on at the same time to speed up disk writes. Otherwise, write-data cached in the write cache space can only speed up disk readback.

after enabling defer write, and letting my game run a bit while walking around so it loaded assets, it cached almost 100% of the read data to my L2 Cache after i closed the game! thank you for your help