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<blockquote data-quote="Karamu" data-source="post: 421152" data-attributes="member: 83877">Despite software RAID being portable between computers, it is really slow compared to hardware RAID and is always not as stable due to running on the main CPU and RAM, not running on its own specialised hardware. Since Windows is unstable by nature, any software RAID on it could be damaged by Windows crashing, especially on a client Windows operating system where crashes, rebooting and unstable programs are much easier to come by than from server Windows operating systems. If you want your data as safe as possible, I'd go out and buy a hardware RAID card and set ALL of it on a RAID 5 setup. You'll get similar speed to that software RAID 0 and your data will be much more secure.Your ICH10 RAID sounds like it's RAID built onto the motherboard. This is FAKERAID (software RAID dressed up to look like hardware RAID) and it is a wise choice to avoid it at all times. If the motherboard dies with a FAKERAID setup on it, ALL your data goes, no matter what way you put it. And since motherboards are always more expensive than RAID controllers, yeah, not a good idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Karamu, post: 421152, member: 83877"] Despite software RAID being portable between computers, it is really slow compared to hardware RAID and is always not as stable due to running on the main CPU and RAM, not running on its own specialised hardware. Since Windows is unstable by nature, any software RAID on it could be damaged by Windows crashing, especially on a client Windows operating system where crashes, rebooting and unstable programs are much easier to come by than from server Windows operating systems. If you want your data as safe as possible, I'd go out and buy a hardware RAID card and set ALL of it on a RAID 5 setup. You'll get similar speed to that software RAID 0 and your data will be much more secure. Your ICH10 RAID sounds like it's RAID built onto the motherboard. This is FAKERAID (software RAID dressed up to look like hardware RAID) and it is a wise choice to avoid it at all times. If the motherboard dies with a FAKERAID setup on it, ALL your data goes, no matter what way you put it. And since motherboards are always more expensive than RAID controllers, yeah, not a good idea. [/QUOTE]

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