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On Windows 10, you can combine multiple drives to create a larger logical storage using a RAID 5 configuration to improve performance and protect your files from a single drive failure.
While there are many RAID (redundant array of independent disks) levels that you can use, when using a 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 again from the data on the other drives.
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Open Settings.
Click on System.
Click on Storage.
Under the “More Storage settings” section, click the Manage Storage Spaces option.
Click the Create a new pool and storage space option.
Select the drives (at least three) to create a storage pool.
Click the Create pool option.
Under the “Name and drive letter” section, specify a name, letter, and file system for the storage array.
Under the “Resiliency” section, use the “Resiliency type” drop-down menu and select the Parity option, which is the equivalent to the RAID 5 level.
Under the “Size” section, specify the maximum size as necessary.
Click the Create storage space button.
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.
You can technically use any type of drives, but usually, traditional hard drives are not designed for this kind of setup. If you’re building an storage array to store a lot of files, or you’re planning to share the storage in the network with other users, you should try drives designed for storage arrays.
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