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UncleSam89

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I just setup my RAID 0 setup on two HDD's (separate from the SSD that is running my OS) by pressing Ctrl + I created a new volume with the two disks. Since neither of these will have my OS on it so I didn't configure anything in the BIOS. Now they show up as one drive, but Intel Rapid Storage Technology says http://i.imgur.com/TvAF1YK.png?1 and the Raid config doesn't show up on the left (the HDD there now is a different one) Is this normal??
 
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It is similar - RAID0 will create the volume - but it is considered to be a single hard drive. If either drive dies - both are worthless as parts of the files are written on both drives. Spanned volumes basically are just two hard drives that are made into a single volume as Windows sees it. If one of the drives die - you can lose the data on that drive only - the other drive continues to operate.

RAID is a good thing if you are on a production server, and you have the proper hardware to support it. On the servers I run, typically I have a $500 - $20,000 RAID adapter, and generally run 10-20 drives in the array. I keep spare drives on hand in case of drive failure (I run RAID 5 or RAID 10 - which has fail over drives). The PC...
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I would highly recommend against using a software and/or hardware RAID configuration on a home computer - you are doubling your point of failure for losing 100% of your data....

If you are after a single volume - there are options within the operating system that allow you to create a single volume from two drives:

Windows 7 (use option #2): http://lifehacker.com/5986883/how-to-combine-multiple-hard-drives-into-one-volume-for-cheap-high-capacity-storage
Windows 8: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/storage-spaces-pools
 
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I already made them into a RAID volume with Ctrl I, so they show up as one drive not two. (I want RAID 0, is that the same thing as a spanned volume)
 
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It is similar - RAID0 will create the volume - but it is considered to be a single hard drive. If either drive dies - both are worthless as parts of the files are written on both drives. Spanned volumes basically are just two hard drives that are made into a single volume as Windows sees it. If one of the drives die - you can lose the data on that drive only - the other drive continues to operate.

RAID is a good thing if you are on a production server, and you have the proper hardware to support it. On the servers I run, typically I have a $500 - $20,000 RAID adapter, and generally run 10-20 drives in the array. I keep spare drives on hand in case of drive failure (I run RAID 5 or RAID 10 - which has fail over drives). The PC version of RAID is not as reliable, and creates more headaches as compared with spanning volumes.

I have multiple servers at work with RAID, of the 5 computers at home (including HTPC and a server), none have RAID installed.
 
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