Intel® Smart Response Technology

Intel® Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. It uses an installed SSD with at least 20GB size as a cache for frequently-accessed operations. It speeds up hard drive and main memory interaction, reduces load and wait time, maximizes storage usage, and saves power via the reduction on 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 installation wizard 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.Follow these steps to configure the acceleration settings:

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

b.Select the size allocated for SSD caching.c.Select the disk or volume you want to use for caching.d.Select any of these modes:

Enhanced mode: This mode writes through, writes to SSD and HDD at the same time.

Maximized mode: This mode writes back, writes to SSD, and writes back to HDD at a specified time.

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