Intel SRT help

[Momenaut]

Just a couple quick questions about using Intel SRT
1. Can I defragment a HDD that has been accelerated by a SSD? And would it help me any?
2. How do I install garbage collection?
3. Should a SSD be formatted before using it as a cache drive?
4. For a Crucial M4 SSD is there anything else recommended to do besides enabling TRIM and superfetch/prefetch for caching?
Thanks

 

[popatim]

1: yes and yes. Writes and deletes are to the hdd just like normal.
2: you don't. its built into the SSD firmware and runs soley on the SSD.
3: no. When you setup the cache you don't even have to use all the drive for cache. You can dedicate some for cache and some to be a drive (which you will then format)
4: for SRT you need to set the sata ports of the drives into raid mode, not ahci.

 

[Momenaut]

Best answer selected by Momenaut.

 

[Momenaut]

Alright that's exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much