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Guide to Intel Rapid Storage
Overview
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance,
and expandability for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using one or multiple
hard drives, users can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power
consumption. When using more than one drive, the user can have additional
protection against data loss in the event of a hard drive failure.
Starting with version 9.5, a brand new user interface makes creating and managing
your storage simple and intuitive. Combined with Intel® Rapid Recover Technology,
setting up data protection can be accomplished easily with an external drive.
Intel Rapid Storage Technology can also improve the performance of disk intensive
retrieval applications such as editing home video. By combining from two to six
drives in a
RAID 0
configuration, data can be accessed on each drive simultaneously,
speeding up response time on data-intensive applications. Also, due to drive load
balancing, even systems with RAID 1 can take advantage of faster boot times and
data reads.
Intel Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of a single drive as well.
Through AHCI, storage performance is improved through
Native Command Queuing
(NCQ). AHCI also delivers longer battery life with Link Power Management (LPM),
which can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard
drive.
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- Page 1 Guide to Intel Rapid Storage Overview Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance, and expandability for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using one or multiple hard drives, users can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption.
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Page 2: Installation Instructions
Installation Instructions Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Save the file to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Click Continue (if needed) to launch the installation program. 4. - Page 3 6. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7. Click Next. The application files will now be installed.
- Page 4 8. Click Next. 9. Click Yes to the restart option and then click Finish to restart your computer.
- Page 5 10.Restart your system. You will find the “Intel Rapid Storage Technology” icon on the Windows task bar.
- Page 6 Create a RAID Array 1. Double-click “Intel Rapid Storage Technology” icon, then below main screen appears. 2. Click the “Create” icon to create a RAID array. Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. In “Select Volume Type”, click “Real-time data protection (RAID 1)”. Click “Next”.
- Page 7 4. In “Configure Volume”, you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. Click “Next”. 5. In “Confirm Volume Creation”, you may review the selected configuration. Then click “Create Volume”.
- Page 8 6. The volume is created successfully. But you still need to partition your new volume by using Windows Desk Management before adding any data. Click “OK”. 7. You will see the current status.
- Page 9 8. In Windows Desk Management, you need to initialize a disk before Logical Disk Management can access it. Click “OK”. 9. Right-click on Disk 0, click “New Simple Volume”.
- Page 10 10. Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function.
- Page 11 Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions.
- Page 12 How to install an operating system onto a RAID volume (F6 install method) In order to install an operating system onto a RAID volume, the RAID option must be enabled in the system BIOS, a RAID volume must be created, and the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel®...
- Page 13 7. Select the volume size and press Enter. 8. Press Enter to create the volume. 9. At the prompt press Y to confirm volume creation. 10.Select 4: Exit and press Enter. 11.Press Y to confirm your exit. Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following steps to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system setup: 1.
- Page 14 the floppy disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. Once Windows setup has copied these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows setup can reboot as needed. 7.
- Page 15 What if I want to use RAID but my OS is already installed? If your operating system is already installed, you can still use RAID as long as the following conditions are met: • Your system has a RAID I/O controller hub (ICH). If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card.
- Page 16 How to load the driver during OS installation using F6 when in AHCI/RAID mode In order to install an operating system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel®...
- Page 17 4. Press Enter. 5. Select your controller from the list of available SCSI adapters. Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be visible. 6. Press Enter to confirm your controller and continue. At this point, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue.
- Page 18 How to do unattended install of AHCI/RAID driver on Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003* The unattended method of installation is available for Microsoft Windows XP*, Windows 2000* and Windows Server 2003*. It is used to install the RAID or AHCI driver, as outlined in the Microsoft document Deployment Guide Automating Windows NT* Setup.
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Page 19: Operating System
[OEMBootFiles] iaStor.inf iaStor.sys iaStor.cat Txtsetup.oem Systems configured for AHCI: This same procedure can be used for systems using any supported AHCI Note controller hub by replacing the text within the quotation marks. // Insert the lines below into the UNATTEND.TXT file [MassStorageDrivers] "Intel(R) 82801R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller"...