While there are many RAID (redundant array of independent disks) levels that you can use, when using the striped volume with parity (RAID 5), the data is spread across three or more drives using parity. In the event of a hardware failure, you can replace the drive, and the data will be regenerated from the data on the other drives. Although you can use a hardware-based solution on Windows 10, if you try to set up a software-based RAID 5 with Disk Management, you’ll notice that the option is grayed out because it’s only available on Windows Server. However, you can use Storage Spaces to create a striped volume with the parity that works just like a RAID 5 configuration. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to set up a RAID 5 storage on Windows 10 using Storage Spaces.
Create a RAID 5 storage from Storage Spaces on Windows 10
To set up a RAID 5 storage from Storage Spaces on Windows 10, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the RAID 5 storage will be created to start storing files with fault tolerance, and if one of the drives fails, the data will still be accessible.
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