On Fri, 24 Mar 2023, Michael Ewan wrote:
Note, mkfs.xfs is done on the raid1 disk set, not on the individual drives.
Michael, Got it. I'm seriouly considering formatting both with xfs, installing dirvish on /dev/sde1 then using rsync to keep /dev/sdf1 as a mirror. Not being combined into a logical volume I shouldn't again lose all backups because the lv failed and wiped both disks. Thanks, Rich