i know hardware (with dedicated raid card) is best but what i want to know is between that, my motherboard's onboard raid and software(windows) raid, which is "safer".
what i mean is, if I have an Areca raid controller and it breaks, do I need to get the same one for it to work again? (without losing my files) and same question goes for onboard(mobo) raid, do i need to buy the same mobo for it to work again?
also, how does that work for software(windows) raid? if the system fails do reinstall windows and plug the drives in and not lose anything?
thanks guys