I actually learned of PrimoCache on the DrivePool forums, from you
We discussed performance a little over there.The problem as I see it, is that anything can happen to invalidate the L2, and PrimoCache is oblivious to it. I cannot predict when I will be forced to boot into something else and mount the disks for troubleshooting; so long as I remember to pause and flush the cache beforehand all good, but I might not have that opportunity. And I bought the Tower I have now specifically so I would not have to run a network server, as it can hold a lot of disks. I might re-enable permanent L2 cache one day, but I will have to remember to disable it every time I need to do some offline work. The hit rate with a permanent L2 is just amazing, it's hard for me to resist enabling it. What I need is a way to invalidate the L2, should I forget to disable it prior to doing some offline work one day. Even better if PrimoCache were to find some way of validating L2 consistency (there's gotta be some way to do this without having to compare the entire L2 with the disk).
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Can Support CONFIRM that booting into SafeMode invalidates the L2? Because when I do boot in SafeMode, PrimoCache does not SEE the caches, it does not allow me to tell it to reset the caches, it just loads an empty window and says that you cannot use it while in SafeMode. I guess I could uninstall it from there if I needed it, but I'd prefer being able to invalidate the cache. I could always erase the L2 partition with some tools that I have, but that's just a pain. How do we invalidate the cache prior to booting into Windows?
Thank you.
Best Regards,
