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(@racwild)
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Using SoftRaid 7 with an OWC thunderbay4 16tb raid 5 HDD on an iMac running OS12.6.3.  Can I create 2 volumes (partitions) using SoftRaid on this system.  I want one for my photographs and one for my video.  If so, are there any instructions on how to do this.  Can't find anything on www.

Thanks

 
Posted : 11/03/2023 6:25 pm
(@softraid-support)
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@racwild

Its so simple, I guess we do not have explicit instructions.
All you do is initialize the disks.
create a new volume, select RAID type, etc. (this will be the faster of the two volumes)
in lower right corner, for the volume size, specify how large you want it.
then create the second volume with the balance.

(Note to help avoid a potential MacOS issue, select 64k Stripe unit size when prompted, if your volume is 64K.

 
Posted : 12/03/2023 12:25 pm
(@racwild)
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It would only be simple if you provided instructions to follow.  And then you had to add a "note" to avoid OS issues, so it's really not simple.  Before I posted my question I tried creating a new volume on my new thunderbay4 system and got an error message (see attached).  I appreciate the prompt response and information.

softraid 2

 

 
Posted : 12/03/2023 1:36 pm
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@racwild 

Sorry, let me add two steps:

Select the volume tile.
In volumes menu, disable Safeguard
Select the disks and in disks column, initialize the disks.
create a New volume, (Volumes menu), select the desied RAID type, etc. (this will be the faster of the two volumes)
in lower right corner, for the volume size, specify how large you want it.
then create the second volume with the balance.

 
Posted : 12/03/2023 9:40 pm
(@racwild)
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Thank you. I'll give it a try.

 
Posted : 12/03/2023 11:18 pm
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