Cn the drives of a mirrored raid array be used independantly?

[videoalex]

If I have a RAID 1 set, can the individual drives be used independently? Can I have a RAID using 2 or more drives as mirrors of each other, then take one of those drives and do further work with it?

 

[rolli59]

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