How to split a 6tb disk into 1tb partitions and mirror each one or create a Raid-1 array?

Question

Windows

You need to use each of the sections for different needs. Synchronize Yandex disks 3pcs. On one to store instrument banks for musical daw, the rest for other files. Also interested in the difference in reliability between the raid from the BIOS (mother raider x299 msi) and from under Windows. And if I plan to install a new Windows on a new ssd, will it pick up the array settings from the old ssd?

Answer 1

Insert a new disk into the PC, partition it as you need, format it into the necessary file systems
Insert a second disk - empty, the same
Go to Windows - disk management, select disk merging, RAID1
That's it ... wait until the synchronization is completed
Or at the beginning combine them into a ride, then split the already received raid array into sections. It does n't matter
. It's better to do a raid in your case on Windows, it's more reliable than on the motherboard chipset
. Yes, the new Windows will have to pick up this raid in theory
. But it's not clear why you should split the disk into partitions when you can simply create the necessary folders in the root....

Answer 2

Raise RAID on Windows, it's possible there.
Other Windows will pick up.

Answer 3

About the reliability of the hardware raid (on the motherboard) - the most unreliable, since motherboards and raid controllers from other manufacturers will not be able to connect this array (there are utilities for copying data in software, but not for converting), so do not create problems for yourself and do not fall for vendor lock.
I advise only software raid.
ps You need to think about hardware when the controllers cost about a full-fledged computer, and then I would think twice and count the money
About the new Windows, it is possible that in order to connect the raid you need to turn it on in the disk manager (it will be with the offline status), but more often everything happens automatically .
About partitions, don’t create problems for yourself, don’t divide partitions into tasks, if these are not different operating systems (i.e., for example, install two different systems on one disk), since the place is not rubber, and look for when it ends by the remnants on heaps of partitions will be inconvenient.