RAID 0 with 3 solid state drives

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Is it possible to put 3 Crucial MX100 Solid State Drives in a RAID 0 configuration under windows 8.1?
 
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It is possible, and the best solution is usually software RAID used by Windows. Other RAID solutions may have you hunting for exact replacement parts if the controller fails.

RAID 0 is great for fast and temporary storage, like the scratch disks used for video editing, where the data is moved to a more reliable storage medium when the editing is finished.

For all other storage solutions, RAID 0 is a bad idea because the data is split among all drives in the RAID array. This means if any one drive in a RAID 0 array fails, all data in the array is lost.

If you insist on using a RAID 0 array for non-temporary storage, make sure you have a regular and strict backup schedule.
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It is possible, and the best solution is usually software RAID used by Windows. Other RAID solutions may have you hunting for exact replacement parts if the controller fails.

RAID 0 is great for fast and temporary storage, like the scratch disks used for video editing, where the data is moved to a more reliable storage medium when the editing is finished.

For all other storage solutions, RAID 0 is a bad idea because the data is split among all drives in the RAID array. This means if any one drive in a RAID 0 array fails, all data in the array is lost.

If you insist on using a RAID 0 array for non-temporary storage, make sure you have a regular and strict backup schedule.
 
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