RAID/mirror array setup

[Kameleon]

Hello
I have a problem setting up a mirror array for my storage drives, but my motherboard uses an intel b250 chipset which doesn't support raid/mirror array. Now I have two options either to install a raid or HBA card using a PCIe raiser (motherboard has only one 16x slot and two 1x slots) or buying a new motherboard that supports raid/mirror.
I'm currently using a GIGABYTE GA-b250m-ds3h https://www.gigabyte.com/si/Motherboard/GA-B250M-DS3H-rev-10#kf
whit an intel 7th gen I7 7700 (LGA  1151 socket) which I would like to keep on the pc. 

[camieabz]

Ahem.

 

So what's the question?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Since this isn't for the boot drive, use storage spaces in windows. Much better than the chipset raid or getting a raid card anywas.

 

Just plug the drives in, and then put them in a storage spaces pool in windows.

[Kameleon]

1 minute ago, camieabz said:

Ahem.

 

So what's the question?

im asking if it is better to get a raid card or a new motherboard

[Kameleon]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Since this isn't for the boot drive, use storage spaces in windows. Much better than the chipset raid or getting a raid card anywas.

 

Just plug the drives in, and then put them in a storage spaces pool in windows.

ive read about that, is it safe since i will be storeing image files for my photography buissnes and i would hate to lose them. how would this work if in the long run i would to make a raid 

[LIGISTX]

3 minutes ago, Kameleon said:

im asking if it is better to get a raid card or a new motherboard

Use storage spaces as previously stated by @Electronics Wizardy

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Kameleon said:

ive read about that, is it safe since i will be storeing image files for my photography buissnes and i would hate to lose them. how would this work if in the long run i would to make a raid 

storage spaces is raid, so it will work the same as motherboard raid. Its normally better at protecting yoru data than a raid card too, and lets you move it between systems easily.

 

But if you want to keep your photos safe, id setup good backups before raid. There are lots of things that can kill all the data in a raid array.

[LIGISTX]

1 minute ago, Kameleon said:

ive read about that, is it safe since i will be storeing image files for my photography buissnes and i would hate to lose them. how would this work if in the long run i would to make a raid 

Its a software RAID managed by windows. Its just as safe as any other RAID, if anything its "more safe" as its not hardware dependent.

[LIGISTX]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

But if you want to keep your photos safe, id setup good backups before raid. There are lots of things that can kill all the data in a raid array.

100% this.

 

Rule 1 of RAID: RAID IS NOT A BACKUP

Rule 2 of RAID: RAID IS NOT A BACKUP

Rule 3 of RAID: RAID IS STILL NOT A BACKUP

 

Use backblaze for ~6 bucks a month to get all of the data in the cloud. This way if your PC takes a dump, your not SOL. I have a NAS I keep all of my photos on (amateur photographer, I shoot D850 and have approaching 2 TB of images). They are all in my homelab (NAS) in a RAID Z2, PLUS they are backed up to backblaze. Always keep an off site backup, preferably by a backup provider. You can self encrypt using backblaze as well, so they don't actually have the ability to access your data, they just store it @Kameleon

[Kameleon]

Ok, thanks to all of you it's my first time doing that so I just want to be sure. Thank you again for your advice and explanations