Intel SSD Toolbox 3.0 Frequently Asked Questions

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Questions and Answers October 2011
Q11: Does Intel SSD Optimizer (Trim support) work with Intel® Rapid Storage Technology?
A11: The Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology (Intel
®
RST) driver version 9.6 or later supports Trim
commands. If the Intel RST driver is on a system that is not in a RAID configuration, both the
Intel RST driver and the Intel SSD Toolbox will work together, and the Intel SSD Optimizer will run on
the Intel SSD. Intel is working with customers and evaluating options for a future release of Intel RST
that supports Trim commands under RAID 0.
The following table lists the requirements to
run Trim under different operating systems and storage
drivers.
Operating System Storage Driver Trim Support
Microsoft Windows* 7 Microsoft* AHCI
Trim supported as part of the native operating
system
(Intel
SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimizer not
required to run Trim, but nice to have to
confirm that Trim has run on the SSD)
Intel Rapid Storage Technology 9.6 or
later
Trim supported as part of Intel RST 9.6 or later
(Intel
SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimizer not
required to run Trim, but nice to have to confirm
that Trim has run on the SSD)
Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
Intel
SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimizer
required to run Trim
Microsoft Windows Vista* or
Windows
XP
Microsoft AHCI,
Intel®
Matrix Storage
Manager, or
Intel
®
RST
Intel
SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimizer
required to run Trim
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