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4.4.2Intel® Smart Response Technology

Intel® Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. It uses an installed fast SSD (min. 20GB available) as a cache for frequently accessed operations, speeding up hard drive/main memory interaction. Key benefits are expedited hard drive speeds, reduced load and wait times, and maximized storage utilization. Power consumption also goes down by reducing unnecessary hard drive spin.

Before applying Intel® Smart Response Technology, setting the SATA Mode BIOS item to [RAID mode] in BIOS setup is necessary. Refer to section 3.5.3 SATA Configuration for details

Installing Intel® Smart Response Technology

1.Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer has enabled the Autorun feature.

2.Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver software.

3.Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

Using the Intel® Smart Response Technology

1.Click Accelerate to launch Smart Response Technology settings.

2.Select the SSD you want to use to accelerate your storage system.

b.Select the size allocated for SSD caching.c.Select which HDD for caching.d.Enhanced mode: WRITE THROUGH, write to SSD and HDD at the same time.Maximized mode: WRITE BACK, write to SSD and write back to HDD in a later time.

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