Esxi 6.7 persistent memory

[M4T]

hi community,

how does the persistent memory work on ESXI 6.7 and how can one set it up?

im assuming its for eg using memory in a server to install a VM onto i'm guessing? as when you create a VM and get to the customize hardware option and add new device you can add a NVDIMM and select the size in MB or GB what you want but it says i don't have any persistent memory.

Matt

[bluefirestorm · Accepted solution]

Reading this blog

https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2018/04/introducing-vsphere-6-7-enterprise-applications.html

my guess of what persistent memory is what Intel Optane is. It's probably called persistent memory to avoid using a particular brand name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_XPoint

Intel Optane memory is supported on motherboards that has Kaby Lake and newer CPUs.