Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 User Manual page 149

Intel Smart Response Technology
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Intel Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. It uses an installed
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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
[RAID mode] in BIOS setup is necessary. Refer to section 3.5.3 SATA Configuration for
details
Installing Intel Smart Response Technology
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1. Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The installation wizard appears if your
computer has enabled the Autorun feature.
Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel
2.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
Using the Intel Smart Response Technology
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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.
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77
Smart Response Technology, setting the SATA Mode BIOS item to
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Rapid Storage Technology Driver software.
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