Software User Guide for Windows*

RAID Features
12 Intel
®
RSTe for Microsoft Windows* OS Software User’s Guide
Controller
Auto Rebuild Support
Action
SCU
One or more of the above
conditions was not met.
No auto rebuild: Manual
steps required to rebuild
array using new disk.
Automatic rebuild support is default to OFF for Intel
®
RSTe and can be enabled through the Intel
®
RSTe
GUI.
2.5.25 Error Threshold Monitoring/Handling
Intel
®
RSTe supports the ability to initiate an automatic RAID rebuild to a marked hot spare drive in the
event of a drive SMART event alert that indicates a failure (Microsoft Windows* only).
2.5.26 Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
Intel
®
RSTe supports UEFI for the SCU and AHCI controllers using common metadata.
2.5.27 Disk Write Cache
Intel
®
RSTe supports the ability to enable/disable Disk Write Cache through the Intel
®
RSTe GUI. Disk
Data Cache is disabled by default.
Note: Enabling Disk Write Cache will improve the disk performance but may cause unwritten cached data
loss if power is lost. Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterrupted power supply (UPS).
2.5.28 RAID Volume Read Cache
Intel
®
RSTe supports the ability to enable/disable RAID Volume Read Cache through the Intel
®
RSTe GUI.
RAID Volume Read Cache is enabled by default.
Note: Disabling RAID Volume Read Cache will result in RAID logical drive performance drop.
2.5.29 Write Back Cache
Intel
®
RSTe supports the ability to enable/disable Write Back Cache through the Intel
®
RSTe GUI. Write
Back Cache is disabled by default.
Note: Enabling Write Back Cache will improve the RAID logical drive performance but may cause
unwritten cached data loss if power is lost. Intel Corporation strongly recommends using an uninterrupted
power supply (UPS).
2.5.30 Volume Cache Increase
Intel
®
RSTe increases the volume cache size to 16MB for SCU volumes and 16MB for AHCI volumes.
2.5.31 RAID Volume Size
Intel
®
RSTe provides support for RAID volumes that are larger than two Terabytes.
2.5.32 RAID Boot Volume Size
Intel
®
RSTe provides support for RAID Boot volumes that are larger than two Terabytes.