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Smart response technology connecting an SSD
« on: February 12, 2012, 02:09:52 pm »
I want to use the Smart Response technology on a Z68AP - D3 motherboard but don't want to use the mSATA interface.
Will it work if I connect a standard 2.5" SSD to a normal SATA connection.
Any advice please?

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Re: Smart response technology connecting an SSD
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2012, 04:16:01 pm »
Hi and welcome.

As far as I am aware you have to use the correct mSATA interface for the Smart Response technology to work. I haven't actually got a motherboard with this on to be able to test it but I am fairly sure that is the case.
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Re: Smart response technology connecting an SSD
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2012, 06:10:45 pm »
You configure which SSD you want to use for SRT and how much space (up to 64GB) you want to use through the Intel RST software; it won't care how the SSD is connected.

If you want to use the same SSD for caching and for system/boot partitions, you'll have to install Windows twice to do it: first on the HDD to install RST to configure SRT (heh), then the real install to the newly configured SSD.

And, yes, you can cache a RAID.

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Re: Smart response technology connecting an SSD
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2012, 09:06:51 pm »
Thank you - I suspected that was the case but could not get confirmation anywhere.

Thanks again.

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Re: Smart response technology connecting an SSD
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2012, 08:48:53 am »
Here's a step by step guide Eldonko posted, this may help if you are still having issues with this.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?274398-Step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-SSD-caching-on-Z68