Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver - Clevo P150EM Concise User Manual

Intel Rapid Storage Technol-
®
ogy Driver
If you have an Solid State Drive (SSD) module included
in your purchase option you may configure Intel® Smart
Response Technology for your system.
Intel® Smart Response Technology
Intel® Smart Response Technology is an Intel® Rapid
Storage Technology (RST) caching feature that acceler-
ates computer system performance by using the SSD as
cache memory between the hard disk drive and system
memory.
System Requirements to support Intel® Smart Response
Technology:
• System BIOS with SATA mode set to RAID
• Intel Rapid Storage Technology software installed.
• A single HDD or multiple HDD's in a single RAID vol-
ume.
• A Solid State Drive (SSD) with a minimum capacity of
18.6GB.
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Enabling Intel Smart Response Technology
1. Run the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application from
the All Programs menu.
2. Click Enable acceleration either under Status or Accelerate.
3. Select the SSD to be used as a cache device.
4. Select the size from the SSD to be allocated for the cache
memory (any remaining space on the SSD can be used for data
storage using the simple data single-disk RAID 0 volume that is
automatically created).
5. Select the HDD (or RAID volume) to be accelerated (it is highly
recommended that you accelerate the system volume or
system disk for maximum performance).
6. Select the acceleration mode, and then click OK (Enhanced
mode is selected by default).
Note: Enhanced mode (default): Acceleration optimized for data
protection.
Maximized mode: Acceleration optimized for input/output
performance.
7. The page will refresh and report the new configuration in
Acceleration.
Figure 16
Enable Ac-
celeration
Options