Is there a way to save files in two (2) locations at once?

Hi everyone.
I am a devoted mac user, but I am significantly less computer-savvy than most other mac users I know. I recently upgraded my 2.66 GHz quad core mac pro to have three 1TB hard drives. I want to use one of those drives for my FCP cache, and the other two I would like to set up (if it is possible) to save documents, video files, audio files, photos, etc.
However, I want one of the drives to be a backup of the other. What I am asking is, is there a way to set up my hard drives such that when I save a file to one location, it automatically saves it to the 2nd? I tried for the longest time with external hard drives saving it to 2 places, but that requires a level of diligence I don't have, and I ended up with different files in each drive.
A sales rep at my local Apple store told me there is a specific type of RAID (Alias RAID? RAID Alias? something like that) which can do exactly what I am looking for. The problem is, I don't know enough about computers to set it up or figure it out, and lugging my Mac Pro tower to the Apple store is a bit of a chore.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!
~Bryan

Hello Bryan,
I believe you are looking for a RAID 1 set up. When it comes to computers I am no pro either, so hopefully the real pros will chime in. Anyhow, you should be able to do this in disk utility, do a search here in the forums for RAID 1 and go from there.
Hope that helps!
-delton

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