RAID 1 Recovery

So, I can't really figure out how to recover a drive in a RAID 1 setup should one drive fail. I have two external drives that are setup in a RAID 1. Should one drive fail, how do I access the data from the setup? At that point can I just connect the good drive and copy the data from it or is it more complicated. I don't have the issue now but I don't want to figure out how do it should one of the drives fail one day. Also, will OS X tell me one drive failed?

Hi Dana Neibert;
I am sorry I can't answer your question about a RAID 1 because I have never used it.
You are backing up your data that is on the RAID 1 because RAID 1 is NOT a backup solution.
Allan

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