Adding RAID to my system

[mcarmi]

I have two SSD's right now, and I have slots for two more drives not including m.2's. I want to put RAID on my system so I could get like two HHD's in my stem and add raid to them I was thinking RAID 1 two mirrors the drives to each other so if one goes down ill still have the information. I have two problems what HDD's and I will use them to put random information like papers and things. But I don't know if that is a good idea I use the SSD's for gaming and my OS. Also, I was wondering if I can add RAID to just the SATA's drives or do I need to take an image of my system and put everything back on the computer. Here are my specs
CPU - i7 7700k
GPU - Asus STRIX ROG 1080
RAM - Corsair Vengence 2x16 Gb 3000Mhz
MAIN SSD - 850 Evo 500gb
SLAVE SSD - 850 Pro 1Tb
Asus ROG STIRX Z270E Gaming
Thanks

 

[USAFRet]

RAID is not a backup. Not even RAID 1.
It only helps in the case of a physical drive fail. It does nothing for the far more common forms of data loss. Human error, malware, lightning strike.

There are easier and better ways to protect your data.

 

[mcarmi]

RAID is not a backup. Not even RAID 1.
It only helps in the case of a physical drive fail. It does nothing for the far more common forms of data loss. Human error, malware, lightning strike.

There are easier and better ways to protect your data.

Thank you, but I know I have it on a server I was just wondering if I should get two drives sperate or raid them

 

[USAFRet]

RAID is not a backup. Not even RAID 1.
It only helps in the case of a physical drive fail. It does nothing for the far more common forms of data loss. Human error, malware, lightning strike.

There are easier and better ways to protect your data.

Thank you, but I know I have it on a server I was just wondering if I should get two drives sperate or raid them

A server with dedicated RAID controller is one thing.
In your PC? Just have individual drives.