Use for questions pertaining to Intel's Rapid Storage Technology and/or its features, which include Intel Matrix RAID, Intel Rapid RAID and Intel Smart Response Technology (also called SSD Caching). If your question is about Intel Rapid Start Technology, use the [intel-rapid-start] tag.
Questions tagged [intel-rst]
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Intel Matrix Storage Manager vs Linux Software RAID
The chipset I'm using supports the Intel RSTe technology. It means that I have two options for RAID setup:
Ordinary linux software RAID, using mdadm command.
RSTe (either by the BIOS or, again, using mdadm command with -e imsm switch).
Given that…
Leonid99
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No Accelerate button/tab on Intel Rapid Storage window
I have an ASUS P8Z68 motherboard with a Corsair SSD as my primary boot drive. I have a TB standard hard drive as a secondary data drive. I am attempting to use an older Intel SSD as a cache on the hard drive with Intel's Smart Response caching.…
Brad Patton
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Solid State Drive Occasionally Freezes For A Minute While OS Is "Beach Balling"
Almost a month ago I bought Intel 330 128GB solid state drive, migrated my data with Intel branded limited-feature Acronis from old HDD to new SSD, optimized with Intel Toolbox and started using it. Occassionally I get close to 1 minute freezes…
Boris_yo
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How to bypass the message "There is a pending reboot for this product" when trying to re-install Intel RST
I have to re-install my SATA driver, but I cannot run the setup application. Upon launch, it immediately fails with an error "There is a pending reboot for this product", yet no amount of rebooting will make this message go away. Trying to uninstall…
Mirrana
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Should I disable "Delayed Launcher" in my startup programs?
What exactly does this program do? I know it's there because my PC has Intel Rapid Storage Technology which makes storage faster, but why does it need to add a "Delayed Launcher" program at startup.
What could be the consequences if I disable this…
WorldGov
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Why does an Intel RST RAID 1 array write faster with write-back cache disabled?
I have two HDDs (5900 RPM) in RAID 1 (mirror). I know, I know, it's painfully slow. I'm currently in the process of replacing them with faster drives, hence this question while I'm testing things.
For some reason, disabling write-back caching in the…
Bob
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Is Intel Rapid Storage Technology needed?
When I installed this diver, all of a sudden my CPU started running at 25%+ with no programs open, and when I disabled it, the CPU went back down to 1-2% idling. Is this driver needed/is this a known bug with this driver? I didn't find anything…
nathpilland
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How can I turn off Intel RST without losing all my data?
I am trying to install Linux on my computer that already has stock Windows 10 on it. The Ubuntu installer asks me to disable Intel Rapid Storage Technology. The only way I have found to disable RST is in the boot menu. But in that menu, changing the…
paki eng
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How to change safely storage controller mode from RST to AHCI in Windows 10?
can you please hint me to a solution. I try to change the storage "controller mode" in Windows 10. Currently it is set in my Bios/UEFI to RST mode. I like to change it to AHCI.
Is it right that AHCI mode supports the so called "TRIM" feature of…
johnsmiththelird
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Parity errors after verify with Intel RST
I have Intel RST RAID 1 running on a Windows 7 machine. I have it set to do a verify and repair every week. I frequently notice parity errors, some weeks over 100 for a 1 TB RAID 1 array. I've never had a media error, however.
I suspect that a…
kec
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What is the intel matrix storage manager? and what is IAAnotif.exe doing running in the background?
I have windows 7 and this is running in the background.
Using process explorer, I can see most of the DLLs are named, but two are unsigned called locale.nls an SortDefault.nls. One has no description OLEAUT32.DLL.
What are these files, what do they…
Talvi Watia
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How can I safely disable Intel RST?
I want to dual-boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04. But I can't do it because I have Intel RST on. So how can I turn it off without causing any harm to system? I have Lenovo IdeaPad laptop, which has one disk.
Thanks.
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Intel Rapid Storage refuses to work (no button in SRT utility)
I've got a fresh Dell Inspiron 15R SE with pre-installed Windows 8, 1Tb HDD and 32Gb SSD on mSATA included by manufacturer specifically for caching purposes and advertised as such. The problem is that as far as I can see, no acceleration/caching is…
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Intel RST makes SSD disappear in Linux
I use Windows primarily, recently I tried to boot to live Linux USB for some stuff, and noticed that Linux cannot see my NVME SSD, although it can access the SATA SSD just fine.
Then I noticed that, there is a setting called "storage controller…
jon
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RAID1 default disk capacity is lesser than the disk sizes. Any ideas? Intel RRAID Storage Technology - RAIDfrom Bios
Here the screenshots I think they explains everything
The disks are advertised as 1 TB and the real size of the disks are 931.5 GB
I have installed Windows Server without RAID setup for experimentation. Both disks are fully working with no…
Furkan Gözükara
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