What does Intel Rapid Storage technology do?

What does Intel Rapid Storage technology do?

Intel® Smart Response Technology is a feature of Intel Rapid Storage Technology that recognizes and automatically stores your most frequently used applications and data into a high performance SSD while giving you full access to the large storage capacity of a hard disk drive (HDD).

What is Msata Intel Smart Response Technology?

For dual drive storage solutions, Intel Smart Response Technology recognizes and automatically stores your most frequently used applications and data into the SSD, while giving you full access to the large storage capacity of an HDD.

How do I use Msata SSD as a cache drive?

Click Enable acceleration under either the Status or Accelerate menu.

1. Select the SSD to be used as a cache device.
2. Select the size from the SSD to be allocated for the cache memory.

How do I enable Intel Rapid Storage Technology in BIOS?

1. Press the F2 key after the Power-On-Self-Test(POST) memory test begins.
2. Select the Advanced menu, then the Drive Configuration menu.
3. Set the Drive Mode option to Enhanced.
4. Enable Intel® RAID Technology.
5. Press the F10 key to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program.

Does Intel Rapid Storage Technology work with Windows 10?

Intel rapid storage technology is created by Intel not Microsoft, but Intel sends software updates of Intel rapid storage technology to Microsoft to include in Windows 10. Only the retail build of windows 10 is supported, so currently this is build 10586.

Does Intel Rapid Storage technology need to be running?

3 Answers. You don’t need this driver unless you intend to set up software RAID (fakeraid) using your motherboard’s Intel chipset. If you convert to fakeraid later, install the driver on your existing system just prior to installing the new drives, so that it will be more likely to boot afterward.

Is SSD cache important?

When you use an SSD cache, you benefit from the faster speed and better responsiveness of the SSD compared to the slower, traditional hard drive. In fact, the SSD can be 10 times faster than an HDD when it comes to specific tasks like small disk reads.

How do I use Intel Rapid Storage Technology?

Enable Intel® RST

1. Run the Intel RST software through the All Programs menu or the task bar icon.
2. Click Enable acceleration under either the Status or Accelerate menu.
3. Select the SSD for the cache device.
4. Select the size from the SSD allocated for the cache memory.
5. Select the drive (or RAID volume) to accelerate.

How do I access Intel Rapid Storage Technology?

1. Press the F2 key after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins.
2. Select the Advanced menu, then the Drive Configuration menu.
3. Set the Drive Mode option to Enhanced.
4. Enable Intel® RAID Technology.
5. Press the F10 key to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program.