Is a Simple Storage Pool the same as software RAID 0 in Windows 10?

I have a single SSD in my PC as a boot drive with two 1TB HDDs that I'd like to setup in RAID 0. I'm not storing anything important in RAID 0, just my Steam library. I figured setting the drives up in RAID 0 would improve my load speeds.

If I create a storage space using the "simple" setting (no parity), is this the same as software RAID 0, or is the same as JBOD?

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The Simple (No Parity) resiliency option allows you to create a raid 0 or JBOD.

When adding the disk drive to the storage pool check the box that says Optimize drive performance across all drives to set up raid 0 or Un-Check the box to set up JBOD.

No, a "simple" storage spaces configuration is a spanned (like JBOD SPAN) and not striped (like RAID0) setup.

To get a RAID0-like result you need to use PowerShell; the parameter -NumberOfColumns 2 would mean striping across two disks.

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