Windows 8 Disk Mirroring vs Intel Fake RAID

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Published on 2012-11-02T04:56:29Z Indexed on 2012/11/02 5:11 UTC
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So Windows 8 is out and I have a new motherboard. I wish to create a RAID 1 coupling between two HDDs -- for storage purposes only (my OS is on an SSD) -- but I don't know which is the best route to take.

My motherboard (Z77 chipset) comes with the age old Intel Fake RAID, but since I only wish to use my RAID for storage, I wondered if I might be better to use Windows 8 Disk Mirroring.

Can anyone advise which is better? Or perhaps the pros and cons of each, if that's too contentious? I just can't see the benefit of FakeRAID.

You can see my current setup here, if that might change things(?):

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Thanks!

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