Uninterrupted power supply concept for SSD?

[kbhawkman]

I'm not sure if this exists so sorry if there is a word for it, I don't know the word for it so I wasn't able to search for any existing posts.

 

Typically if a SSD/HDD fails, we have a problem... instantly. I know many of us have ways of backing up our data; however, that can be a real pain in the ass to restore. Is there a way to run your operating system (e.g. Windows 10) off of two SSD's so in the event one fails all you get is a warning to repair/replace one of the SSD's?

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, kbhawkman said:

Typically if a SSD/HDD fails, we have a problem... instantly. I know many of us have ways of backing up our data; however, that can be a real pain in the ass to restore. Is there a way to run your operating system (e.g. Windows 10) off of two SSD's so in the event one fails all you get is a warning to repair/replace one of the SSD's?

That's called RAID1.

[kbhawkman]

5 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

That's called RAID1.

Thank you! I heard about RAID a long time ago! I don't remember too much but I'm sure I can find a guide now. So if I had a RAID1 array and one of my SSD's failed does Windows just popup a message?

 

Also, is it easy to "hot-swap" in case of failure?

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, kbhawkman said:

Thank you! I heard about RAID a long time ago! I don't remember too much but I'm sure I can find a guide now. So if I had a RAID1 array and one of my SSD's failed does Windows just popup a message?

I dunno, I've never used RAID with Windows, only Linux.

1 minute ago, kbhawkman said:

Also, is it easy to "hot-swap" in case of failure?

Hot-swap means swapping in a new one while the system is running, it's not the same thing. But yes, if a drive fails in a RAID1-setup, you turn the PC off, remove the failed drive, pop in a new one and re-silver the RAID -- re-silvering sets the failed drive up and copies the other drive(s) to it -- and you're good to go again.