Here's my scenario -- both drives were working perfectly fine. I removed one of the drives for a while (building a new PC, didn't think I was going to use RAID anymore but changed my mind). I actually switch the SATA type to AHCI and was operating for about a week on the new system before deciding to re-enable RAID and reinstall the drive I had removed.
It's currently rebuilding, but I'm curious how it knows which one is the source and which one is out-of-date?