Setting Up RAID 1, Did I do this right?

I just got the Mac Min server package with Snow Leopard server software. I'm trying to set up a RAID 1 with the two internal drives. I did a remote boot from the software disk, went into disk utility and setup the RAID mirror with the second drive as a RAID slice. It set it up and erased the drives. I then re-installed the server software and am back up and running. I just need to configure my settings, however, before I do I wanted to make sure I did this correctly since I've never done it before. When I log into the server it shows just one drive, which is the name of the RAID I created. Is this correct? No way to see the contents of the other drive? How can I verify that what I put onto the drive is copied mirrored to the second? Thanks in advance.
Message was edited by: RBC03

Hi
There are other ways. Hold down the alt key on start-up. You should be able to see both drives of the mirror. You should also be able to select either one. That's also another way of testing the mirror.
Another way would be to remove one half of the mirror. Which is one of the problems I have with using a MacMini as a server. It's not that easy to get into.
Tony

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