Is Intel Rapid Start useless on XPS 15 (9530) if HDD swapped for SSD

Hi all,

I just purchased a new XPS 15 9530 (my 4th XPS computer now, love them) and I have a question related to Intel Rapid Start technology. My model is the lower one, so it came with the 512 GB HDD and the 32 GB mSata SSD cache drive.  I had a very nice Intel 512 GB SSD in my old computer so I wanted to swap it into this (another reason I just bought the lower model).  So I very successfully cloned the HDD that came with my new XPS onto the Intel SSD and installed it. Everything install, works, and boots perfectly. That is a win in my book.

So here's the million dollar question.  This new XPS came with Intel Rapid Start and  Intel Rapid Storage technology. It worked pretty well when I had the HDD in there with the 32 GB cache drive.  Now I'm questioning if it's useless technology since my primary boot drive is a 512 GB SSD.  So here are my questions:

1) Is Intel Rapid Start and Rapid Storage useless now? If so, should I disable/uninstall them?

2) What about my 32 GB mSata drive, since I'm not using it for a Rapid Start drive anymore, does that free it up to just use for anything? I know only 8 GB of the 32 GB is visible at the moment, but I'm thinking I could just format it and use it as a 2nd drive. If that's the case, maybe I will just buy a larger mSATA and just swap it out and have two nice SSD drives :-)

Thanks for the help guys!!