One volume (RAID 5) on two enclosures? - Creating Volumes https://forums.softraid.com/creating-volumes/one-volume-raid-5-on-two-enclosures/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:12:23 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: One volume (RAID 5) on two enclosures? https://forums.softraid.com/creating-volumes/one-volume-raid-5-on-two-enclosures/#post-5227 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:41:23 +0000 No it does not, as long as the overall system is reliable.

]]> Creating Volumes SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/creating-volumes/one-volume-raid-5-on-two-enclosures/#post-5227 RE: One volume (RAID 5) on two enclosures? https://forums.softraid.com/creating-volumes/one-volume-raid-5-on-two-enclosures/#post-5211 Sat, 17 Oct 2020 08:00:52 +0000 Thanks! And it doesn’t matter if those drive are in separate enclosures?

]]> Creating Volumes Bonus https://forums.softraid.com/creating-volumes/one-volume-raid-5-on-two-enclosures/#post-5211 RE: One volume (RAID 5) on two enclosures? https://forums.softraid.com/creating-volumes/one-volume-raid-5-on-two-enclosures/#post-5209 Sat, 17 Oct 2020 02:53:58 +0000 Yes if you want. You can use up to 16 drives in a single volume.

]]> Creating Volumes SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/creating-volumes/one-volume-raid-5-on-two-enclosures/#post-5209 One volume (RAID 5) on two enclosures? https://forums.softraid.com/creating-volumes/one-volume-raid-5-on-two-enclosures/#post-5204 Fri, 16 Oct 2020 21:23:26 +0000 Hi,

I have two thunderbolt enclosures - one with 5 drives and one with 2 drives, all of them as JBOD. Is it possible to create one single RAID 5 volume of all seven drives?

Thanks!

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