RAID 0 question

neocon

neocon

neocon

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Currently I have a Win 7 software RAID across two 2TB drives, with Win7 on a seperate SSD. Am I understanding correctly that if one of those 2TB drives fails, I'll be able to pull it out and put in another, then the data will syncronise? (I know I can't re-install the OS on the SSD without causing myself a headache.)

If I used the hardware RAID controller on the the MB, and setup RAID 0 instead, what happens in that instance when the drive fails? What would happen if I wanted to re-install the OS, surethat's independent of the drives?

If you have a hardware RAID 0, and then a dual boot OS on a seperate SSD, would both OSs see the RAID drive?
 
If a disk in a RAID 0 array fails, you lose the entire array. RAID 0 is only really used for speed

You need to use RAID 1 (e.g. mirroring) for the purposes you're describing.

Using a hardware RAID controller would mean that it's transparent to the an OS (e.g. the OS will just see a hard drive), so ignoring issues with file systems you would be able to use both disks on either OS
 
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