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    intel RST

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by lounger, Feb 21, 2016.

  1. lounger

    lounger Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a friend that picked up a m18x r2 off craigslist. So far everything is working properly.

    The OS is on a hdd and he would like to drop in a couple of 2tb hdd's for storage and set them to raid 0.
    My question is should he still download and use Intel RST even though there is no ssd involved in his set up?

    thanks
     
    lounger, Feb 21, 2016
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  2. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    Yes. Intel RST is not designed exclusively for SSD. It works the same for HDD or SSD. The only feature it has that is for only SSD is using an SSD to cache accelerate a HDD.
     
    Mr. Fox, Feb 22, 2016
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  3. lounger

    lounger Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, thanks Mr. Fox
     
    lounger, Feb 24, 2016
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