I've been trying to setup an Optiplex 9010 with RAID1 and it's not going like I thought it would. The last RAID1 setup I worked with (it was an system HP), from what I could tell, happened entirely at the controller/firmware level, invisible to software. But with the Dell, I'm having to use this Intel Rapid Storage Technology software, which, in my opinion, somewhat defeats the purpose of RAID.
Is this just the way that it needs to be done or is there a way I can configure it to happen entirely in hardware/firmware?