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I've purchased a 2x4Tb OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual. Running latest Mac OS (El Cap). Lots of trouble getting it set up into a Raid 1-confusing info. Downloaded softraid lite. My Problem is that after days of searching the internet and talking with OWC, I have it hardware switched to Raid1. But it only shows one disk in Softraid. If I set it up as 2 Independent drives on the drive enclosure, then Softraid shows my Raid 1 with 2 disks. I feel that seeing both the disks will keep me better informed if problems develop (ie using Softraid). If I go with the hardware setup, I will be waiting and watching for a red light to appear on the enclosure. It seems Softraid is more user friendly than the hardware raid 1 system. Am I missing something? Would just going with Softraid keep me better informed as to what's happening with the two disks?
Posted : 31/03/2016 3:07 pm
SoftRAID is superior in several ways.
If the box is set as independent disks, then SoftRAID can also monitor both disks and also alert you when disks are showing signs of failure.
SoftRAID also gives you more flexibility. You do not need to use identical disks, can add a third disk to the mirror for offsite backup, etc.
Posted : 31/03/2016 4:11 pm
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SoftRAID is superior in several ways.
If the box is set as independent disks, then SoftRAID can also monitor both disks and also alert you when disks are showing signs of failure.
SoftRAID also gives you more flexibility. You do not need to use identical disks, can add a third disk to the mirror for offsite backup, etc.
That's what I'm thinking...thanks for verifying that (and the quick reply).
Posted : 31/03/2016 4:35 pm
SoftRAID is superior in several ways.
If the box is set as independent disks, then SoftRAID can also monitor both disks and also alert you when disks are showing signs of failure.
SoftRAID also gives you more flexibility. You do not need to use identical disks, can add a third disk to the mirror for offsite backup, etc.
I have the same situation using OWC hardware RAID 1 on their Duo..
SoftRAID lite shows that it is a raid volume but only shows one drive...
Using it for Time Machine and hesitate to set the HW raid sw to JBOD.
I assume that it would no longer be a 2 volume raid..
Lastly, if I do set it to JBOD, can I convert the volumes to RAID 1 without
losing the time machine data?
Posted : 10/07/2017 3:11 pm
It is set up as a hardware RAID. I would leave it alone.
You can set it to JBOD, but will lose your data, so you need to backup, set it to JBOD, then initialize the disks and create a mirror volume.
Posted : 10/07/2017 3:46 pm
Thank you... I think I will go the Softraid route... back up the time capsule and convert to softraid for the added information available by doing so...
Posted : 10/07/2017 6:33 pm
