Asus MAXIMUS IV EXTREME REV 3 User Guide - Page 170

Intel, Smart Response Technology, Enhanced mode, Maximized mode, Accelerate

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Intel® Smart Response Technology Intel® Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. It uses an installed fast SSD (min 18.6GB available) as a cache for frequently accessed operations, speeding up hard drive/main memory interaction. Key benefits are expedited hard drive speeds, reduced load and wait times and maximized storage utilization. Power consumption also goes down by reducing unnecessary hard drive spin. To install Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer has enabled the Autorun feature. 2. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver software. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation. To use Smart Response Technology: 1. Click Accelerate to launch Smart Response Technology settings. 2. a. S elect the SSD you want to use to accelerate your storage system. b. S elect the size allocated for SSD caching. c. Select which HDD for caching. d. E nhanced mode:WRITE THROUGH, write to SSD and HDD at the same time. M aximized mode:WRITE BACK, write to SSD and write back to HDD in a later time. 4-26 Chapter 4: Software support

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Chapter 4: Software support
Intel
®
Smart Response Technology
Intel
®
Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. It uses
an installed fast SSD (min 18.6GB available) as a cache for frequently accessed
operations, speeding up hard drive/main memory interaction. Key benefits are
expedited hard drive speeds, reduced load and wait times and maximized storage
utilization. Power consumption also goes down by reducing unnecessary hard
drive spin.
To install Intel
®
Smart Response Technology:
1.
Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The Drivers installation tab
appears if your computer has enabled the Autorun feature.
2.
Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver
software.
3.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation.
To use Smart Response Technology:
2.
a. Select the SSD you want to
use to accelerate your storage
system.
b. Select the size allocated for SSD
caching.
c. Select which HDD for caching.
d.
Enhanced mode
:WRITE
THROUGH,
write to SSD and
HDD at the same time.
Maximized mode
:WRITE BACK,
write to SSD and write back to
HDD in a later time.
1.
Click
Accelerate
to launch Smart
Response Technology settings.