Can i add a drive to raid 5 on m5a97 evo

[forbin23]

Hello,
can i add a drive to raid 5 on m5a97 evo motherboard? My only concern is more space. If so, anyone familiar on how to do so? Thanks

I just got this motherboard and have 2 2TB drives full of important stuff. I want to buy 3 more and start a raid. Then copy the other 2 drives data onto the raid and finally add the 2 (now empty) drives to the raid.

Is this possible? Or can someone recommend and alternative to accomplish the same goal?

 

[alien69]

what you want to get is raid 10.its the safest raid which should boost your performance.this requires 4 of the same drive.so it will split the data(increasing performance) and each half of the data will have its own backup incase of failure.unfortunately as far as i know(not a guru) this needs to be set up and configured before putting data onto the raid.

so the safest way would be to buy 4 new drives because adding a used drive to a raid could create all sorts of problems since no data is ever completely erased.
alternatively you could ask a friend to keep 2tb of data while you configure it all.but i wouldnt try that