Synology NVMe Caching: UPDATED Guide for DSM 7.3

This video is an updated guide to NVMe SSD caching on Synology for DSM 7.3+. The updates include the ability to use read/write SSD caching with pinning BTRFS metadata.

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TOC:
00:00 What is SSD caching?
03:59 Types of caching
5:34 NVMe drives
07:13 Read only cache
10:03 Read/write cache
12:51 Read/write cache with pinned BTRFS metadata
15:49 What cache size do you need?
18:57 Cache setup walkthrough
23:15 Conclusion

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