Does SRT work on a dual SSD system?

[HexiumVII]

I just order 128GB of Samsung 830 and a OCZ Agility 3 (damn you NE sales!). I currently have an 80GB G2 SSD on both my systems (mostly identical except for mobo, i920s). Well the insane upgrade bug hit me hard. I upgrading to Ivy and now got 4 SSDs to play musical charis with. I'm thinking 128GB as boot drives and the 80GB G2 as SRT drives. Is that possible? I've only seen SRT work on boot drive with the crazy workaround way.

 

[corkyg]

Is this what you are talking about?

http://www.ttfile.com/post/srt-file/what-is-srt-file

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

If you are talking about Intel® SRT (Smart Response Technology) then the answer is really no. The reason behind Intel SRT is by using a small SSD (<64GB) you are able to cache files on it when you are using a normal HDD to give you better performance on access and boot time with anything cached on it. Think of Intel SRT as a shortcut to the performance that you would get from using a larger SSD as a boot drive. In the end it isnt as fast as good SSD set up as a boot drive but it is much faster than a HDD.

 

[corkyg]

Thanks for that explanation, Chris. I wish OPs would define their acronyms when first used, especially when there are several meanings to the same one. (Basic tech writing 101.)

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

Ok you got me to with the HDD (hard disk drive) and SSD (Solid State Drive)

 

[corkyg]

Those are quite common and no apparent multiple meanings. <LOL>

 

[HexiumVII]

Sorry about the acronyms guys. But seriously, if you don't know what SRT is already, Smart Response Technology doesn't really help much either!

 

[Coup27]

Sorry about the acronyms guys. But seriously, if you don't know what SRT is already, Smart Response Technology doesn't really help much either!

Point this side.

 

[MrX8503]

I wouldn't do an SSD boot drive with Intel SRT, its kind of redundant and would probably slow it down. What you could do however is have an SSD Boot, 1TB HDD for games or other files, and then have Intel SRT to boost the speed of your 1TB HDD.

 

[kbp]

I don't think the Intel SRT would slow it down.

 

[MrX8503]

The Agility 3 is slower than the 830. Instead of retrieving the file directly from the 830 it has to get it from the slower drive (Agility 3). In the realworld you probably wouldn't notice though.

 

[bryanW1995]

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[slpnshot]

So if I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of SSD speed for an overall HDD speed boost, is it recommended to do the SRT setup?

I'm getting a 128 SSD so I was planning on using half as the boot OS and 20gb~(I think it's 18 max) of whatever is left as the cache for my HDD.

 

[lehtv]

@slpnshot

Depends on what you have on the HDD. If they're files you frequently access and you feel you'd benefit from accessing them faster then yes.

SRT can use a partition up to 60gb in size.