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Chapter 4
4.4.2 Intel ® 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.