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Intel Optane Persistent Memory Modules report "Non-functional" state in ipmctl

Issue Executing ipmctl show-dimm to get device information shows the persistent memory modules in a ‘Non-functional’ health state, eg:

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How To Set Linux CPU Scaling Governor to Max Performance

How To Set Linux CPU Scaling Governor to Max Performance

The majority of modern processors are capable of operating in a number of different clock frequency and voltage configurations, often referred to as Operating Performance Points or P-states (in ACPI terminology).

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How To Verify Linux Kernel Support for Persistent Memory

How To Verify Linux Kernel Support for Persistent Memory

Linux Kernel support for persistent memory was first delivered in version 4.

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A Quick Guide to Signing Your Git Commits

A Quick Guide to Signing Your Git Commits

It is important to sign Git commits for your source code to avoid the code being compromised and to confirm to the repository gatekeeper that you are who you say you are.

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Programming Persistent Memory: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers Book

Programming Persistent Memory: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers Book

After many months of hard work by everyone involved, I’m very pleased to announce that the book “Programming Persistent Memory: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers” is now available for download in digital PDF & ePUB formats from https://pmem.

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How To Extend Volatile System Memory (RAM) using Persistent Memory on Linux

How To Extend Volatile System Memory (RAM) using Persistent Memory on Linux

Intel(R) Optane(TM) Persistent Memory delivers a unique combination of affordable large capacity and support for data persistence.

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Using Linux Volume Manager (LVM) with Persistent Memory

Using Linux Volume Manager (LVM) with Persistent Memory

In this article, we show how to use the Linux Volume Manager (LVM) to create concatenated, striped, and mirrored logical volumes using persistent memory modules as the backing storage device.

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How to Create a Bootable Windows USB in Fedora Linux

How to Create a Bootable Windows USB in Fedora Linux

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to create a Windows Server 2019 bootable USB in Linux, though any Windows version will work.

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