how do i make RAID drives?

Question

i have 2 76gb SATA drives and im wondring how i would turn them into RAID drives.

i have a motherboard that supports it

Answer 1

There are two types of RAID that you can use with 2 drives:
RAID 0: Striped Set (2 disks minimum). Provides improved performance and additional storage but no fault tolerance from disk errors or disk failure. Any disk failure destroys the array.
RAID 1: Mirrored Set (2 disks minimum). Provides fault tolerance from disk errors and single disk failure.

That was just FYI, and to correct B D's answer.

How to set the RAID up will be specific to your motherboard, so look in its manual/user guide. Because the RAID is built into your motherboard you will probably access its setup in the motherboard's BIOS - so look for "Press _ for Setup."

Answer 2

If your motherboard supports it then I suspect that you would need to set it up in the BIOS.

2 drives you can do:
RAID 0 - striping. Faster and all 152GB available, but if one drive goes you lose all the data off both.
RAID 1 - mirror. Original speed, half the space - 76GB. But if one drive fails you cave an exact copy.

You need another drive to get RAID 5. Most motherboard controllers do not support this either.

Answer 3

You could turn these into a RAID 0 or a RAID1. You would need a RAID controller, either on your Motherboard, or an add in RAID controller card.

For more information about the types and pros and cons of RAIDs see the link in the Source section.

Answer 4

First of all, you usually dont do it with 2 drives, you need 3. Technically 2 drives would just be a mirror, which is different then RAID.

And either your motherboard has to support it, or you need a RAID card.

Answer 5

You need a RAID controller card or mirroring software.

Answer 6

with a RAID card