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    Posted: 18 Dec 2013 at 9:56am
My motherboard: ASUS Z87-Expert.

I"m considering setting up 2 x 4Gb drives in RAID 1 (mirror), so that I have a backup if one drive dies.

I haven't paid any attention, but in the past I'm sure I've seem some kind of dedicated RAID cards or something.


My motherboard says it supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10.
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z87EXPERT/#specifications

Does that mean I just need 2 drives hooked up to the motherboard to use RAID?
Or do I need other hardware?
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There are hardware RAID controllers, but you do not need them. You are good to go with what you have. 

Edited by Tidgxor - 18 Dec 2013 at 10:39am
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Yup, as Tidgxor said - you are good to go with your motherboards onboard support for RAID. The add-on cards are usually made for systems without on-board support or for additional features not provided by the onboard controller...
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Great. Thanks guys. My original thought was to get a 4TB USB3 external drive to back up my data drive, but I think I might stick another internal drive in and RAID it.

As far as I could see a video on a different ASUS motherboard it's a fairly simple thing to set up via the BIOS.
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I'm not familiar with your particular motherboard, but I have an older Asus mobo and the RAID setup was a breeze. 
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My only worry with relying on RAID/2 drives in the same machine is what if some disaster struck like the machine catching on fire or a power surge frying everything on both drives.
At least with an external drive it would reduce the risk of having everything in the same box. Downside it more maintenance/use of backup software, etc.
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Every option has its advantages & disadvantages...
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Posts: 13000 		  Quote Tidgxor Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 20 Dec 2013 at 10:33am
Originally posted by ScottishBattleAx

My only worry with relying on RAID/2 drives in the same machine is what if some disaster struck like the machine catching on fire or a power surge frying everything on both drives.
At least with an external drive it would reduce the risk of having everything in the same box. Downside it more maintenance/use of backup software, etc.


Do both. Big%20Smile
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I might just do that....eventually!
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