M.2 SSD Caching with SSD Pool

[Enquiries]

I asked this question in the comments of your Lockerstor Gen 3 review and sent an email but figured I would also ask here.

After doing a fair bit of research and watching your reviews on Synology, Qnap, Asustor, etc. I recently purchased the AS6806T. I have loaded the NAS with 6 Samsung 7.6TB SSD drives and configured them for raid 5. I have also installed four Samsung 990 Pro 4TB M.2 SSDs. I have also aggregated the two 10G ports to my 10G capable switch so network throughput is pretty good. My question is will I really gain performance by creating a cache with the M.2 SSDs? Or would I just be better off creating a second volume with the M.2 SSDs?

Appreciate your thoughts!

[jonesnatelye]

I asked this question in the comments of your Lockerstor Gen 3 review and sent an email but figured I would also ask here.

Geometry Dash

After doing a fair bit of research and watching your reviews on Synology, Qnap, Asustor, etc. I recently purchased the AS6806T. I have loaded the NAS with 6 Samsung 7.6TB SSD drives and configured them for raid 5. I have also installed four Samsung 990 Pro 4TB M.2 SSDs. I have also aggregated the two 10G ports to my 10G capable switch so network throughput is pretty good. My question is will I really gain performance by creating a cache with the M.2 SSDs? Or would I just be better off creating a second volume with the M.2 SSDs?
Appreciate your thoughts!

Given your fast SSD RAID 5 and 10G aggregation, a cache likely won’t offer significant gains. A separate volume for frequently accessed, performance-critical files would likely be more beneficial.

[flirhill]

Thanks for reaching out!