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Eric23 Level 2
Posts: 86 Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2020 11:45 am Location: UK
intel rapid storage technology
Post by Eric23 » Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:36 am
Let the mega noob dumbness commence.
Before switching to Mint20 I was running windows 7 and I had Intel rapid storage technology set up. (it came pre configured) I’m not too familiar with how it works, but basically I had a standard HDD with the OS on it and a small 64GB SSD. It was setup to use the SSD as a kind of cache to speed up the system. From what I understand, it would monitor for commonly used programs and files and cleverly put them on the SSD to boot responsiveness without the need for a huge SSD.
Anyway, when my HDD failed, I replaced the drive, I unplugged the SSD, and I installed Mint 20 onto the new HDD.
I now had a redundant 64GB SSD just sat there because I didn’t know if it would work as it did in windows.
I decided to plug it in today to see what would happen. I was expecting it the throw up some errors and refuse to boot, but everything seems too be working fine. I have no idea if its actually working as intended or if Linux is just ignoring the SSD drive.
I believe I remember seeing an option on boot to configure raid, but I can’t seem to remember what key it is to enter that menu. I haven’t changed any of the settings, so I assume its still set to use the SSD as it did in windows.
As the SSD still has all the windows 7 cache gubbins on it I don’t know what to do. Will the old stuff just get overwritten as I use Linux? Do I need to format it? Will this even work in Linux?
I opened the Disks utility in Linux and the SSD is showing, and its contents is showing as:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise RAID Member (version 1.3.00)
I know in windows I had a program installed called Intel Rapid Storage Technology. It had options in there to boost performance or increase redundancy, plus other stuff I know nothing about. I just had it set to boot performance. I obviously don’t have this software on Linux, so I guess this won’t even work unless this is done at a hardware level on the motherboard?
This is the intel site about rapid storage technology https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en . ology.html
Will having this SSD plugged in do anything for performance in Linux?
Sorry for noobing up the place.
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Re: intel rapid storage technology
Post by Kadaitcha Man » Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:59 am
The only dumbness I see on these forums is when people who need assistance bite the hands that are trying to help them, so you can relax.
Let’s clear a few things up for you.
First, IRST is a Windows only technology or it’s built-in to some BIOSes, in either case, it’s not needed with Linux. I rather suspect it’s more of a gimmick but other people’s opinions may vary.
Second, to get into the BIOS, you’re obviously aware there is a key, it will be documented in your machine’s manual. The key varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, it could be ESC , F1, F2, F6 F8, F10, F12 or DEL or some other key. I can’t tell you more because you don’t provide enough detail about your machine. It’s always a good idea to post the output of inxi -Fxz from a terminal and enclose it in code tags [code]output.here[/code] . You’ll see the code tags icon when you reply.
Third, you need to get into the BIOS and set that 64GB device to AHCI mode or non-RAID. Once you do that, 64GB is more than enough to run the OS from, but I would recommend a separate home partition on the HDD.
Let me know if that doesn’t cover everything you asked about. I sort of go bling at the first sight of great walls of text
Eric23 Level 2
Posts: 86 Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2020 11:45 am Location: UK
Re: intel rapid storage technology
Post by Eric23 » Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:50 am
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-51-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8Z68-V v: Rev 1.xx serial: UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0501 date: 05/09/2011 CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-2600K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 8192 KiB flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 54577 Speed: 1605 MHz min/max: 1600/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1605 2: 1605 3: 1605 4: 1605 5: 1605 6: 1605 7: 1605 8: 1605 Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 450.80.02 bus ID: 01:00.0 Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 450.80.02 bus ID: 02:00.0 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.80.02 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 Device-3: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 02:00.1 Device-4: Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-1.6:4 Device-5: Microsoft LifeCam Cinema type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 2-1.3:5 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-51-generic Network: Device-1: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK P8P67 Deluxe driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f040 bus ID: 00:19.0 IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: Device-2: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: xpad bus ID: 2-1.6:8 Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 2-1.7:9 Drives: Local Storage: total: 754.54 GiB used: 115.25 GiB (15.3%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3750630AS size: 698.64 GiB ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A60G size: 55.90 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 686.18 GiB used: 115.24 GiB (16.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 32 C Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35% Info: Processes: 257 Uptime: 1h 59m Memory: 15.61 GiB used: 1.43 GiB (9.1%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38 I can get into the BIOS, but I cant remember how to get into the raid configuration settings that are separate from the BIOS. I think the IRST stuff is part of the motherboard for some reason.
I have a feeling the key to access the raid options is now in use by Linux as what I thought was the key brings up Linux related options. I will have to try and find the manual that came with my motherboard, I haven’t seen it since moving house last year though
I don’t know much about raid. Am I right in thinking raid 0 is what you would use for the fastest performance?
I don’t really want to install Linux on the 64GB SSD as its just too small. plus its got to be 7+ years old now.
I would rather have the OS on the new HDD. Its a shame that using the SSD as system cache won’t work. It made quite a difference on windows. The SSD failed 18 months after I got the pc and I sent it back under warranty. While I was waiting for the replacement I noticed the system was quite sluggish without the SSD. When I got the replacement put back in, after a few hours the load times on programs was super snappy again. IRST seemed to make a nice difference to performance on windows at least.
I will go and look for the manual and try and access the raid settings to see what I can do from there. I have never changed any of the raid options, so I assume its still setup as it should be for the SSD cache.
Intel RST и установка linux
Всем привет! Сразу прошу прощения, что создаю очередную тему с вопросом, который уже обсуждался, но решения, подходящего мне, я не нашел. У меня 2 nvme ssd диска собраны в raid1 на контроллере intel RST, в биосе соответственно стоит режим RST, ACHI поставить нет возможности. И я пробовал поставить разные дистры и не один linux дистр диски и разделы на них не видит, а вот freeBSD увидела и диски и раздел и без проблем встала, но я хочу именно linux систему. И ситуация с BSD вселяет надежду, что можно сделать это и с linux ядром, может кто-то подскажет или направит где почитать?
Linux ставлю рядом с виндой, пока только изучаю систему и полностью отказываться от виндоус не готов, поэтому пересобрать рейд в mdadm не вариант.
Это тебе знак свыше. Не юзай Linux, FeeeBSD — все что тебе нужно 😀
Разбери этот «массив», жизнь сразу станет проще. Если не хочешь, то читай документацию mdadm, там есть поддержка этого говна.
ситуация с BSD вселяет надежду, что можно сделать это и с linux
Странное творится в твоей голове.
Расскажи, как ты пришёл к такому неестественному выводу?
Вывод вполне естественный, если вспомнить, откуда приходит во FreeBSD поддержка многих устройств.
В основном видеокарт, всяких вайфаев и прочего ненужного десктопного. А raid это как раз серверное, линуксу не нужно.