Advice Needed – Should I install Windows 10 on an SSD Raid 1?

[bswarmer]

I am building a brand new system that will ultimately have multiple RAIDs. Boot drive will be 2 500 GB SSD’s. The primary reason for the RAIDs is redundancy. I am planning to set up the non-boot drive Raids using Windows 10 Pro.

My concern is that having all of these Raids setup via Windows, I lose everything in the event of a boot drive failure (yes/no?). So should I setup a Raid 1 on my motherboard to be used as the boot drive? FWIW, my Motherboard is an ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3.

Any input here will be most appreciated!

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

RAID 1 is mirrored, so the data on both disks is exactly the same. If one disk fails, the other can step in.

 

[bswarmer]

Yes, got it... that is what I am planning on. I am not setting up this (boot drive) Raid for performance, I am want to use Raid1 for redundancy... It is pointless to have additional (non boot) RAIDs setup on my machine if my boot drive still serves as a single point of failure.

I have been searching all over and I rarely find anything on a Raid1 setup for a boot drive. Logically this approach makes sense to me, but wanting to hear from some experts.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

The vast majority of people on this forum are home users and enthusiasts, so RAID isn't something that comes around very often. I see no reason why you couldn't RAID a boot drive, it's just not common practice. I assume this is because the OS installation and personal files are stored on seperate drives and most people would RAID the drive containing their files.

 

[bswarmer]

Thank you for your feedback. Have a good one!