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    Intel RST?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by deadboy90, Dec 26, 2011.

  1. deadboy90

    deadboy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey, while reinstalling all my drivers on my new SSD I came across the driver for the Intel Rapid Storage Technology. I remember it as an annoying popup with my last Hard drive but what does it do exactly and will it be useful in a SSD?
     
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    Intel Rapid Storage Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    i think its just to boost the speed of mechanical drives ever so slightly as i don't see how firmware raid would help on an SSD...

    i did hear USB flash drives were a great success in software RAID, but it is sort of like SSD in a sense...

    Anyways, i doubt you'll see any boost from it, as the SSD controller does this automatically between the memory chips...
     
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