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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 mo re th an one drive, the user c an have additi onal
p rotection 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.

Val uable digital memories are protected against a hard drive failure when the
system is configured for any one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels:
and RAID 10. By seamlessly storing c opies of data on one or more additional hard
d rives, any hard drive can fail without da ta loss or system downtime. When the
failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault
tolerance is easily restored.

Intel Rapid Storage Technology can also improve the performance of disk intensive
retrie val 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 ap plications. Also, due to drive load
b alancing, even systems with RAID 1 can take advantage of faster boot times and
d ata reads.

Inte l Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of a single drive as well.
Through
(NCQ). AHCI also delivers longer battery life with Link Power Management (LPM),
which can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SAT A) hard

AHCI, storage performance is improved through Native Command Queuing

RAID 1, RAID 5,

drive.

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I nstallation I nstructions

1. Download the Intel Rapid Storage T echnology 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. Click Next at the Welcome screen.

5. Click Next.

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6. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue.

7. Click Next. The application files will now be installed.

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8. Click Next.

9. Click Yes to the restart option and then click Finis h to restart your
computer.

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10. Restart your system. You will find the “Intel Rapid Storage Technology” icon
on the Windows task bar.

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Create a RAI D 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 “Selec t Volume Type”, click “Real-time data protection (RAID 1)”. Click
“Next”.

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