Is RAID 0+1 possible with an iMac?

I am trying to a 4 bay Firewire 800 setup to work at a more useful level than 0 or 1 with my 2012 imac... do I have any options?
Thanks...

Updating once more wouldn't hurt. CS6 is on 11.0.4 at the moment.
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