Riccardo Asked: 2013-03-18 22:00:56 +0800 CST2013-03-18 22:00:56 +0800 CST 2013-03-18 22:00:56 +0800 CST Are RAID 1 disks usable transparently? 772 I was wondering if RAID 1 disks are usable straight away, without the RAID controller. Possible? raid 2 Answers Voted Best Answer TomTom 2013-03-18T22:08:12+08:002013-03-18T22:08:12+08:00 Depends on the RAID controller. It if stores metadata on the discs, then obviously no. The RAID volume you see may be in a partition the controller interprets. That should be the norm today. sbrattla 2013-03-18T22:08:49+08:002013-03-18T22:08:49+08:00 As far as I know and have experienced, you can't just take a disk which was once part of a RAID configuration and plug it in to any computer hoping that it can be used as any other disk.
Depends on the RAID controller.
It if stores metadata on the discs, then obviously no. The RAID volume you see may be in a partition the controller interprets.
That should be the norm today.
As far as I know and have experienced, you can't just take a disk which was once part of a RAID configuration and plug it in to any computer hoping that it can be used as any other disk.