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(@steigw)
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Hello,
I have FileVault turned on providing whole disk encryption for my iMac. Can I extend that to my SoftRAID setup? Or can I use a different encryption approach if FileVault won't work?

I have two 6TB external USB drives mirrored.

Thanks,
Steig

 
Posted : 07/06/2018 10:13 pm
(@softraid-support)
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In the future we expect encyrytion to function with APFS volumes in SoftRAID 6.x.

We do not have that working yet, but expect that to be available later this year.

 
Posted : 08/06/2018 12:13 am
(@howdytom)
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In the future we expect encyrytion to function with APFS volumes in SoftRAID 6.x.

Do you plan encryption support for HFS+ volumes, too?

 
Posted : 16/07/2018 5:15 pm
(@softraid-support)
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It appears that Apple will not fix the bug preventing this.
So no, we are unlikely to support encryption under HFS.

 
Posted : 16/07/2018 5:43 pm
(@howdytom)
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Any news on encrypting SoftRAID volumes?

 
Posted : 08/01/2019 7:41 am
(@softraid-support)
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SoftRAID 6.x will support both APFS and encryption. We are targeting spring.

 
Posted : 08/01/2019 11:40 am
(@howdytom)
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Thank you, superb!

 
Posted : 08/01/2019 12:02 pm
(@merchanstaprimo)
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In the future we expect encyrytion to function with APFS volumes in SoftRAID 6.x.

Do you plan encryption support for HFS+ volumes, too?

Good question, encryption support is also a very important issue for us because we work with sensitive information and without it that would be deal breaker,

 
Posted : 23/02/2019 1:52 am
(@softraid-support)
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We would like to, however File Vault does not seem to work for SoftRAID volumes.

So encryption will most likely only be available for APFS volumes.

 
Posted : 23/02/2019 3:57 am
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