Removing a drive from IX2 in RAID1

I have an IX2 operating in RAID1 (mirror) mode with two 2TB disks. Write caching is not enabled.
I would like to remove a drive from the unit and continue using the IX2 with one disk.
Can I just power off and pull the disk out, or is there a danger I will lose all the data?

Just a question first: why would you like to do that?
Yes I would believe that would work out, if your NAS is really configured for RAID 1 ( not RAID0 or JBOD!). Then it operates as if one drive failed and system had to rely on the remaining...........
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