Is there any way I could get actual Optane PM hardware or at least a Windows emulation thereof?

[st...@steveheller.org]

I know it isn't publicly available yet but I see people here posting messages suggesting that they already have a  persistent memory (PM) module for testing. Is there any way to get hold of that, or at least a Windows emulator? I'll get my program running under Linux with PM emulation if that is the only way to do it, but I prefer developing under Windows if possible.

Thanks.

[Steve Scargall]

Hi Steve,

Emulating Persistent Memory on Windows is possible using Hyper-V and VMWare.  Here's a couple of links:

https://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/SDC/2017/presentations/Solid_State_Stor_NVM_PM_NVDIMM/Christiansen_Neal_Update_on_Windows_Persistent_Memory_Support.pdf

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/persistent-memory-programming-in-windows---nvml-integration

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2016/10/17/storage-spaces-direct-with-persistent-memory/

VMWare Persistent Memory Initiative​
VMWare VSphere v6.7 'Using Persistent Memory' Documentation

HTH

    Steve