If I buy a non - RAID card, can I still use Windows to make a striped array?

daniel2003489

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Hello, thank you for reading this.

I was wondering if I buy a non - RAID card, will I be able to use the Windows Disk Management program to create a Striped Volume with disks on the non - RAID card? So, for example.
If my 4 SATA ports on my motherboard are occupied, can I add drives to a non - RAID card, then use Windows to create a Striped Volume?

It is just a question, I couldn't find answers for this question originally, so I made a question here about it.

Thank you for reading this, have a good day. :)
 
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Assuming the non-RAID card is some form of an HBA (Host Bus Adapter), you can create a software RAID within Windows using Disk Management. To simply answer your question, yes.

Wes006

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Assuming the non-RAID card is some form of an HBA (Host Bus Adapter), you can create a software RAID within Windows using Disk Management. To simply answer your question, yes.
 
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daniel2003489

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Alright, good to know. Thank you for such a quick response!