Replace OS drive, question about other 3 drives / 2 in RAID

Hey Guys,
I am wanting to swap out my main hard drive with a new drive (preventive maintenance) after 3 years of working my system like a horse, and upgrade to Snow Leopard.
My question is, if I have the other 3 bays filled with drives, 2 of which are a RAID set up, can I just swap the main drive and install the new OS on it without it messing up the RAID set up? or are there steps I need to be aware of before doing this? Do I need to remove the drives and re-set up the RAID? I think you know where I am going with this.
Obviously the RAID drives are my critical data so I just want to be sure before making changes.
I appreciate any help you can provide.
Peace - JK

I did find the answer to this for those curious.
The guys at "Mac Matters" in Phoenix were very helpful when I approached them with this question after clarifying a bit.
There are 4 drives. Mac HD / bay 2 & 3 are RAID / Bay 4 - On the desktop only 3 drives show.
You can remove the MAC HD and replace without it affecting the other 3 drives even though 2 of them are in a RAID array.
Hope this helps someone down the road.
Best - JK

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