Should I use RAID 0 or not with my SSD hard drives?

"danknugz" wrote:
..
But if you're already going to that trouble, might as well just do RAID0+1, but that required 4 drives.

With a laptop? Trouble? OP seems to have bought a laptop already configured to RAID0. Changing would be going through trouble.

P.S.
This seems like the correct forum to ask if a RAID 0 configuration could cause causes any problems with the Oculus Rift.

I have a new ASUS homebuild system (6 months old) that has been working perfectly (lots of horsepower, video editing, etc.) running RAID0. After installing RIFT, I noticed the system started turning itself "on" after a RIFT session - AFTER a regular shutdown. 3 days after installing Rift, the system powered itself on again after shutdown and lost the boot drive. I am unable to recover the RAID volume. Lost 5 months of work, video, and projects. I didn't backup because I thought I had a resilient RAID config (my bad).

Why would the system power back up without initiation?? Wake on LAN is disabled, etc. No malware, etc.

Does anyone have an idea on RAID0 resuscitation? It would be a huge help. I have tried a number of RAID tools but everything appears to be gone. If anyone has experienced similar issues, I would be interested in understanding how you got around the problem.

Asus Z270 MB w/32GB RAM (i7700K)
GTI 1070
Samsung 850 Pro SSD's

Unfortunately, I can't risk running RIFT on my primary system anymore until QA starts getting their act together by properly testing these drivers / software. Poor show.

I don't really mess with RAID. It seems like more hassle than it's worth. It's not a really a proper backup solution, as you can use cloud backup software easier and safer (i.e. if your house burns down or thieves break-in and steal your PC, RAID is useless). And for speed, NVMe SSDs in particular are already way faster than any normal PC user would need right now. Plus it just adds unneeded complexity to the system and makes the whole thing fragile. I had RAID on my work desktop (came pre-installed like this) and it was fine until I updated the BIOS to fix an unrelated issue and it killed the RAID configuration. Can't remember if I ever got it working again or simply reinstalled Windows, but it was definitely a pain. Also, moved this thread to off topic.

The only time I've ever run Raid 0 was in combination with Raid 1 (Raid 1+0) so u have at least 4 disks... sorry to hear about ur data loss...

I run 2 850s in raid0 and get abkut 1GBps read and write. I also have 3 mechanical drives in raid0 for npne vr games and they run at about a quarter of it. Had my mechanocal array for about 5 years with no issues. 
Data loss is highly unlikely and could happen if you have just one drive but is always a factor.
Id say keep em in raid and enjpy the bigger size drive.