My Problem
Wanted to backup family photos and other important stuff, and figured the mac mini could be equipped with a raid.
My Fix
Overall, It went perfect! At first, though, I had kernel panics when restarting - turns out it was a faulty usb memorystick, so I unplugged it. I had no bootable media at home, but it turns out the mac (with just two completely empty drives) gave me the option to download OSX automatically. It must have been built in into the mac equivalent of bios - very impressive! The raid configuration tool was very easy to use as well.
My Advice
If you plan to substitute both hard drives on your mac - you don't need install dvds or usb-sticks, the mac will download osx from the internet first time you boot up!
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