Delay write from L2 cache until laptop plugged in
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:09 pm
PrimoCache is great but my laptop battery life is suffering so I'm considering getting rid of it in favor of using my SSD as a primary drive.
Currently, I am using a smallish SSD (120GB) as an L2 cache for my large HDD (1TB), and I think that the HDD could idle more or even shut down entirely if the deferred write feature only flushed the L2 cache when the laptop is plugged into power.
I think such a feature would garner me 30 more minutes of battery life if this article is accurate. I also don't think that I would have to worry about data loss because the cache is on a non-volatile storage device.
Currently, I am using a smallish SSD (120GB) as an L2 cache for my large HDD (1TB), and I think that the HDD could idle more or even shut down entirely if the deferred write feature only flushed the L2 cache when the laptop is plugged into power.
I think such a feature would garner me 30 more minutes of battery life if this article is accurate. I also don't think that I would have to worry about data loss because the cache is on a non-volatile storage device.