I'm building a Raid array for the first time in my system and I have a question regarding having multiple Raid-1 arrays in a single Win 7 system.
I'm a bit of an organizational freak with my data and I currently have two separate hard drives I want to mirror. The new motherboard I'm looking to buy supports Raid, so my questions are:
- Can I have more than one Raid-1 array in a single system?
- Would I have to buy a separate controller for the second array?
Best Answer
If you have 4 sata slots and a raid chip on the motherboard, chances are that you can have 2 mirrored arrays.
Instead of having 4 drives just buy 2 larger ones and partition them once they are mirrored. That way you will save space in the case and a little bit of energy :)