I'm preparing to upgrade my current build. I have 4 separate hdds hooked up but want to change to a raid 10 setup for backup and performance I would like to use an ssd for boot and programs and raid for storage. Is this possible? If so What's the best way?
Build with ssd boot and raid 10 with hdds
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First - Raid 10 is not a backup, no form of raid is. A true backup protects you from viruses, accidental deletions, file corruption, surge/spike damage.. things like this cannot be recovered from by running raid. You will still need to backup important files.
Now to answer your question, many motherbds offer to either pass thru a single when in raid mode or allow you to exclude a port or two from raid altogether. If your motherbd offers neither option then you would need a new motherbd or use a raid controller card instead.
Now to answer your question, many motherbds offer to either pass thru a single when in raid mode or allow you to exclude a port or two from raid altogether. If your motherbd offers neither option then you would need a new motherbd or use a raid controller card instead.
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Actually win8 and 10 can do a windows raid, without any performance lost over motherbd raid (which is really software raid anyways). You might not need to make any changes at all using Storage Spaces.
Win8 & 10 dont give the user an easy option for raid 10, just 0, 1, & 5. You have to create a raid 10 manually.
First backup all the data that's on the drives then delete any existing partitions on them,
Enter Storage spaces and create two raid1 arrays (might be called a two way mirror).
Enter Disk management (run diskmgmt.msc) and delete the partitions on the raid 1's
Right click on one of the raid1's unallocated spaced and create a new stripped volume using the other raid1 as the 'other' drive. You will get a pop up window asking for which 'other' drive to use in the stripe set in case that was confusing.
Windows will want you to format it, I use NTFS, and then give it a name. It will take some time to format the large space.
Now when its finally done you can copy your data back in
Win8 & 10 dont give the user an easy option for raid 10, just 0, 1, & 5. You have to create a raid 10 manually.
First backup all the data that's on the drives then delete any existing partitions on them,
Enter Storage spaces and create two raid1 arrays (might be called a two way mirror).
Enter Disk management (run diskmgmt.msc) and delete the partitions on the raid 1's
Right click on one of the raid1's unallocated spaced and create a new stripped volume using the other raid1 as the 'other' drive. You will get a pop up window asking for which 'other' drive to use in the stripe set in case that was confusing.
Windows will want you to format it, I use NTFS, and then give it a name. It will take some time to format the large space.
Now when its finally done you can copy your data back in
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yes,.
My above post refers to a raid 10 that bypasses the issue by using raid software that loads with windows instead of before windows.
but since you have a newer intel chipset motherbd you can create a raid 10 thru the bios. It will also pass the ssd thru just fine.
both will give you nearly identical performance.
My above post refers to a raid 10 that bypasses the issue by using raid software that loads with windows instead of before windows.
but since you have a newer intel chipset motherbd you can create a raid 10 thru the bios. It will also pass the ssd thru just fine.
both will give you nearly identical performance.
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