Hello, I have been "using" mdadm to run software raid1 (stripping) on a file server i have been running.
None of the drives have failed, and I have even setup subsequent drives in the same scenario. It is only now that I wonder if I am even using RAID1 properly? In other words, now that I try to access data on these two original drives on another system, I am unable to. I assume it's possible (albeit doesn't seem intuitively simple -- at least for me), makes me wonder if it's enen supposed to be used like this. I had assumed I could swap the drive out, and access the data (like a normal drive), but that doesn't seem to be the case. So, I ask a more precise question: Is mdadm designed to be used on other system, and simply access data? Maybe I just need two drives, and just do a cron job to rysnc to backup once a week or something.