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Multiple disk volume created in Disk Management vs Storage Spaces
I would like to create a spanned volume of two hard drives, I have already found out that there is a difference between use of the Disk Management and the Storage Spaces, we can create an ordinary Spanned Volume (like JBOD) or a Striped Volume (like RAID-0) in the Disk Management, while the Storage Spaces allow us to chose only resiliency type, that is Simple (no resiliency) (which seems to be striped writing, so again like RAID-0), Two-way mirror (RAID-1), Three-way mirror and Parity (RAID-5). So if we actually want a JBOD like solution and no striping, we should create a Spanned Volume in the Disk Management, if we need mirroring and parity options, we have to do it through the Storage Spaces. However, if we ask for the RAID-0 like option, we can chose either the Disk Management or the Storage Spaces. Is there actually any difference between using the two utilities in the OS in this particular case, any advantages or disadvantages of either utility?
I also have a question – since it is not a proper hardware RAID/JBOD but just a Windows software solution, if we decide to create a spanned or striped volume using either of the above-mentioned system options, will a different or a new OS installation know how to read the volume split accross multiple drives (for example, we would attach all the needed drives to a different PC or we reinstalled the OS or changed the system disk), or is it only the system (the particular installation) in which that spanned or striped volume has been created that is able to properly read the drives and in the case of fresh OS installation we would need to wipe them, create a new spanned/striped volume in the new system and copy all data from back up?