| When looking for a desktop or mobile PC system designed to protect your digital memories, be sure to look for an Intel Express chipset with Intel Matrix Storage Technology. |
| Features | Benefits |
| Intel® ICH10R, ICH9R, ICH9DO | Six port SATA controller with RAID, eSATA, and port multiplier support, providing storage benefits of Intel® Matrix Storage Technology, Intel® Rapid Recover Technology, and Intel® Turbo Memory |
| Intel® ICH8R, ICH8DH, ICH8DO Intel® ICH7M-DH Intel® ICH7M | Six port SATA controller with RAID and eSATA support, providing storage benefits of Intel® Matrix Storage Technology. Two port SATA RAID controller, providing storage benefits of Intel® Matrix Storage Technology. Two port SATA controller, providing AHCI support (NCQ, LPM) |
| Matrix RAID | Exceptional storage performance with increased data protection on a RAID-enabled multi hard drive array. |
| RAID BIOS ROM | Integrated into system BIOS, enables pre-OS RAID creation, naming and deletion of RAID arrays. |
| Intel® RAID Migration Technology | Seamless migration from a single hard drive to a RAID 0 or RAID 1 dual hard drive array without requiring OS reinstallation. Additional migrations to higher levels of RAID are also supported. |
| Serial ATA AHCI | Software interface providing advanced storage interface for Serial ATA, including native command queuing, link power management and native hot plug. |
| Intel® Matrix Storage Manager | Software solution with full management and status reporting of RAID array, including detailed reporting of storage devices. |
Building or buying a PC with a single Serial ATA hard drive, then upgrading to RAID at a later date is typically not a simple task, as it requires the reinstallation of the OS and applications. However, an Intel Express chipset with Intel Matrix Storage Technology** can be more easily upgraded to RAID capabilities when adding one or more additional Serial ATA hard drive(s). The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager software (included with platforms supporting Intel Matrix Storage Technology) handles the configuration and migration while running in the background, allowing users to surf the Web or read e-mail during the process. Once the migration is complete, dramatic increases in data protection or storage performance are available.
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In today's digital age, safekeeping of digital content such as photographs, video, audio and personal records, is extremely important. Should a PC's hard drive fail, these digital memories can be lost forever. Additionally, high-speed storage capabilities improve the performance of demanding applications and games. Whether users want to load huge files into Adobe Photoshop* faster, create large CD/DVD images with Nero* in record time, or want to be the first on the map in a Doom* 'frag' tournament, Intel Matrix Storage Technology is a key part of the solution for these and many other disk-intensive applications.
Video content, digital photos, music libraries, realistic 3-D gaming environments and even TV programs recorded live from satellite can all be stored on today's desktop and mobile PCs. With gigabytes of data being transferred to and from the hard drive, storage performance counts. Intel Matrix Storage Technology helps deliver results in this media-rich computing environment.
