--- title: Intel stopped making Optane, but its tiny 118GB drive is... description: Intel discontinued Optane years ago, but its 118GB P1600X drive remains highly sought after by home lab enthusiasts for ZFS SLOG and boot drive duties thanks... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-stopped-making-optane-but-its-tiny-118gb-drive-is-still-the-boot-drive-home-lab-enthusiasts-h-fvyklh9fe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Intel stopped making Optane, but its tiny 118GB drive is still the boot drive home lab enthusiasts hunt for | daily.dev og:description: Intel discontinued Optane years ago, but its 118GB P1600X drive remains highly sought after by home lab enthusiasts for ZFS SLOG and boot drive duties thanks... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-stopped-making-optane-but-its-tiny-118gb-drive-is-still-the-boot-drive-home-lab-enthusiasts-h-fvyklh9fe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fvYKlh9Fe.png og:image:alt: Intel stopped making Optane, but its tiny 118GB drive is still the boot drive home lab enthusiasts hunt for og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Intel stopped making Optane, but its tiny 118GB drive is still the boot drive home lab enthusiasts hunt for **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Intel discontinued Optane years ago, but its 118GB P1600X drive remains highly sought after by home lab enthusiasts for ZFS SLOG and boot drive duties thanks to microsecond-level latency and extreme write endurance. Unlike NAND SSDs, Optane's 3D XPoint memory doesn't need garbage collection or wear leveling, giving it consistent low-latency performance for sync-heavy workloads like Proxmox logging and ZFS transaction commits. Since Micron exited 3D XPoint manufacturing in 2021 and Intel wound down production afterward, no new units will ever be made, so the only source is the used market, currently priced around $250-$350 and expected to keep rising as remaining stock dwindles. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Intel Optane P1600X used for in a home lab ZFS setup? It is commonly used as a boot drive and ZFS SLOG device because of its extremely low latency, around 7 microseconds average read and 10 microseconds write. Since ZFS commits transaction groups every five seconds, a SLOG only needs a few gigabytes of capacity, so the 118GB drive's small size is not a limitation, and its high endurance suits constant background writes like Proxmox logging and cluster database activity. _Anyone building a ZFS-backed home lab can find practical storage tuning write-ups curated on daily.dev._ ### Why is Intel Optane no longer being manufactured? Micron, Intel's 3D XPoint manufacturing partner, exited the technology in 2021 and sold the fab that produced it, and Intel began winding down its own Optane production a year later. As a result, no new Optane drives will be made unless Intel revives the technology, so all supply now comes from existing stock on the used market, with P1600X units priced roughly $250-$350 and expected to keep rising. _Tracking why discontinued hardware still gets hunted down is easier with storage and hardware news on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@akkitto** · 0 upvotes > They should restart doing these units, even if it's simply for easing up the market situation. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Intel discontinued its strangest SSD years ago, but it still makes my modern NVMe drives feel slow](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-discontinued-its-strangest-ssd-years-ago-but-it-still-makes-my-modern-nvme-drives-feel-slow-4a3kv9hoy) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [What makes Intel Optane stand out – Tech Central](https://daily.dev/posts/what-makes-intel-optane-stand-out-tech-central-w77jyumtc) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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