I had a SSD, and it failed and I lost all my data. Sad day..

What I want:
To make a RAID 1 array to have all my data mirrored onto 2 drives and backed up. I want to use and have SSD speeds(important), but have my mirrored backup onto a cheap HDD because they are about 10x cheaper memory.

Question: is this possible to accomplish what I am wanting to do? If so how? what is the best method? Other suggested methods are welcome. 

Now from what I have read, if I put together a RAID 1 array with a SSD and HDD, my SSD would perform as slow as the HDD, I do not want this. I need a better idea or the correct info

Thanks for your info and suggestions ^\_^