Windows RAID 1, how reliable? Performance?

[Compman55]

Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 has software raid 1 that seems easy to implement. When the volume is flagged dirty, you can rebuild easy. If a drive fails you can install a new drive and rebuild easy. My motherbaord integrated raid solution really sucks. I get better transfer rates with windows raid 1 than with the onboard.

So my question is, for data is this safe to use?

 

[bkiserx7]

Sounds like it since you can rebuild on the fly but as always anything you care about should be stored in multiple places

 

[Blain]

Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 has software raid 1 that seems easy to implement. When the volume is flagged dirty, you can rebuild easy. If a drive fails you can install a new drive and rebuild easy. My motherbaord integrated raid solution really sucks. I get better transfer rates with windows raid 1 than with the onboard.

So my question is, for data is this safe to use?

In terms of data integrity, RAID 1 is just as safe as using a single drive.
If data written to one drive is corrupted, it will have a corrupted mirror on the other also.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Haven't had any problems running a windows based RAID0 for what it's worth...