Software Vs Hardware Raid 1. If you want to set the controller to AHCI be aware it will affect your windows install. Previous Next Sort by votes.
Add a battery for software RAID. The workload is therefore offloaded from the motherboard CPU. This means that the operating system provides all the array processes.
To conclude RAID can be implemented through a dedicated RAID controller called a hardware RAID or through software or a driver called a software RAID.
In a hardware RAID setup the drives connect to a special RAID controller inserted in a fast PCI-Express PCI-e slot in a motherboard. RAID is not a backup solution. The workload is therefore offloaded from the motherboard CPU. 2 Hybrid Model Hardware-Assisted Software RAID While this is still software RAID the hardware assist helps to overcome some of the weaknesses of pure software RAID.