Just going to second this. Software raid is fine. I have hardware raid cards that I use as basic HBA’s to attach more drives which I then software raid rather than use the hardware raid functionality. In a decent number of cases software raid can be preferable. 10 to 20 years ago this was not the case.

Would someone likely be witnessed by neighbours if they jacked up the car and moved it out into the road, perpendicular to the curb, blocking traffic and causing the police to have to do something about it? Hypothetically speaking. It would be quicker and less destructive than other options and quickly transfer the burden onto the appropriate authorities.