Intel® Smart Response Technology User Guide

Intel® Smart Response Technology is an Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST). This technology is a caching feature that improves computer system performance. Intel® RST allows you to configure computer systems with a Solid State Drive (SSD), used as a cache memory between the hard disk drive and system memory.

Intel® RST serves as a single drive letter solution. You do not need another drive letter for the SSD device used as cache.

System Requirements

• Intel® Z68, Z87, Q87, H87, Z77, Q77, or Intel® H77 Express Chipset-based desktop board
• Intel® Core™ Processor in the LGA 1155 or LGA 1150 package
• System BIOS with SATA mode set to RAID
• Intel® RST software 10.5 version release or later
• Single hard disk drive or multiple drives in one RAID volume
• Solid state drive (SSD) with a minimum capacity of 18.6 GB
• Operating system: Windows 8* or Windows 7* (32-bit and 64-bit editions)

Setup Guide

Configure SATA mode in BIOS setup:

1. Start the computer, and press the F2 key to enter the BIOS setup menu.
2. Go to Configuration SATA Drives.
3. Select the setting for Chipset SATA Mode and change the value to RAID.
4. Press the F10 key to save settings and restart the system.

Operating System Installation

Begin installing the operating system on the drive (or RAID volume):

1. Install all required device drivers.
2. Install the Intel RST software version 10.5 or later.

Enable Intel® RST

The Intel RST software denotes Intel Smart Response Technology as accelerate. To enable the 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.

   Note	Any remaining space on the SSD may be used for data storage, using the single-disk RAID 0 volume that is automatically created.

5. Select the drive (or RAID volume) to accelerate.
   • We recommend accelerating the system volume or system disk for maximum performance.
6. Select the acceleration mode. By default, enhanced mode is selected.

   Note	Enhanced mode: Acceleration is optimized for data protection. Maximized mode: Acceleration is optimized for input/output performance.

   
   
7. Click OK. The page refreshes and reports the new acceleration configuration in the acceleration view. Your system is now successfully configured with the Intel Smart Response Technology.