Okay, I totally agree with your argument here but

...I don't want to get into the mess of the government defining what is or isn't against the law.

is an objectively funny statement. Who else do you think generally does this?

You are totally right, it was RAID 5 setup in the BIOS. Thanks for your help.

Sir, this is the @selfhosted community.

You were absolutely right, it was a RAID 5 setup that I had totally overlooked. Thank you! All better now.

Oh duh, that makes sense. I didn't see any software RAID setup but wasn't looking for it specifically in the BIOS. Hardware RAID would also make sense. Thank you for the tips!