Install Hardware RAID

RAID uses multiple storage drives to speed up storage processes, provide storage redundancy, or both. You can also choose whether to install Windows on the RAIDed disks or whether to install a separate disk to hold the OS. In this sim, you'll set up RAID1 on two hard drives, and install Windows on an SSD. (0:44) Because a solid state drive (SSD) doesn't rely on moving parts, it's more resistant to damage than are drives that rely on rotating disks, such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or an optical drive. (4:32) RAID1 is a type of mirroring that duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance. (7:00) RAID5 stripes data across three or more drives and uses parity checking, so that if one drive fails, the other drives can re-create the data stored on the failed drive by using the parity information.