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From: Aaron Glenn <aaron.glenn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Odd ataraid situation
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On 7/11/05, Giovanni P. Tirloni <gpt@tirloni.org> wrote:
>  But I'd like to ask if it'd theoretically be possible to create the RAID=
1
> array (ar0) with only one disk and add the second one later? It'd work
> like a broken array for some time. It's just an idea :)

What is the advantage of building a faulty array?

aaron.glenn