Comment on Available on Google Cloud: Intel Optane DC Persistent MemoryparentComments−piotrkaminski7yBut in the context of the OP, presumably devices in a data center would never be powered down on purpose to save energy? In which case it seems that battery-backup DRAM would work just as well for this use case, and be both cheaper and faster.−jordanthoms7yOptane is in between DRAM and flash in terms of cost (and performance) - it's also denser, so you can fit much more storage on each DIMM slot.
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But in the context of the OP, presumably devices in a data center would never be powered down on purpose to save energy? In which case it seems that battery-backup DRAM would work just as well for this use case, and be both cheaper and faster.
Optane is in between DRAM and flash in terms of cost (and performance) - it's also denser, so you can fit much more storage on each DIMM slot.