Mac Mini Server with Raid 1

Yes- Colin Jeukens posted step by step instructions back a couple of months ago. Here it is again...

Out of the box the mini comes without Raid. You have two identical HDs of 500Gb.

I have just set it up as Raid1. You can't do this when you use the startup disk from the mini. And as you don't have a Superdrive ... you need to be creative. You need another Mac with Firewire.

Step 1: Start the Mini in Target Mode. Press the T during start. In a few seconds the firewire logo will appear on your screen.
Step 2: Go to your second Mac. Connect the firewire cable between second Mac and Mini.
Step 3: On the second Mac start the disc utility. The two identical drives on your mini will show. Create a new Raid set (mirrored = Raid 1). Include both drives. Confirm the warning that all data on the mini will be lost.
Step 4: Make sure your second Mac has CD/ DVD sharing option installed. This is tou use the superdrive to install OS X Server on the mini.
Step 5: Shutdown both Macs
Step 6: Start your second Mac in target mode. Make sure the firewire cable is still connected.
Step 7: Start the Mini with the option key pressed.
Step 8: Insert the OS X Server install disc in your second Mac.
Step 9: wait till the drive logo apears om the Mini. Continue the install. Will take about an hour.

Here is a link to the original post...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2213470&tstart=0

Hi- yes, for just this procedure, you will need a keyboard and display of some sort. After the initial setup, you can turn on screen sharing on the mini server, and then you will not need a keyboard and display for it again.

To be clear, you are making the boot volume of the Mini Server RAID 1, yes?

If one disk fails will the Mini automatically boot from the remaining disk?

I thought there were issues with having a software RAIDed boot volume but maybe I'm misremembering...? (or maybe that's only with the non-server OS...?)