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Can a mirrored (RAID-1) disk be plugged into another system to be read?

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Mar 15, 202695689 views
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If I have disks in a RAID-1 array, can I take one of them out and plug it into a different system to be read? This means, on the target system, treating the disk from the RAID array just like an ordinary disk, regardless of any controller/driver support and without doing any rebuilding. The idea is…

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regardless of any controller/driver Disregarding RAID implementation? Then the answer should generally be no: you can not assume that all hardware controllers treat disks in such a transparent way. However, in the case of software raid in Linux (md+…

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