User's Manual

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Chapter 4: Software support
Chapter 4
SSD Capacity Requirements
SSD Partition Capacity
Requirements
System DRAM
2GB 4GB 8GB
Intel
®
storage combinations
Intel
®
Rapid Start 2GB 4GB 8GB
Intel
®
Smart Response 20GB 20GB 20GB
Intel
®
Smart Response
and
Intel
®
Rapid Start
Separate 20GB
and 2GB
partition
(SSD size >
22GB)
Separate
20GB and 4GB
partition
(SSD size >
24GB)
Separate
20GB and 8GB
partition
(SSD size >
28GB)
Intel
®
Smart Response,
Intel
®
Rapid Start,
and
Intel
®
Smart Connect
Separate 20GB
and 2GB partition
(SSD size >
22GB)
Separate
20GB and 4GB
partition
(SSD size >
24GB)
Separate 20GB
and 8GB
partition
(SSD size >
28GB)
• The SSD used for Intel
®
Rapid Start and Intel
®
Smart Response is not allowed for
creating RAID.
• Due to OS behavior, Intel
®
Rapid Start Technology works inefciently with over 4G
system memory under Windows
®
7 32-bit operating system.
• Only Intel
®
internal SATA ports (gray and blue) support Intel
®
2012 Desktop
responsiveness technologies.
• The performance of Intel
®
Smart Response Technology and Intel
®
Rapid Storage
Technology vary by the installed SSD.