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5 Questions.
I'm preparing ahead for problems that might happen with our server running softraid 3.8.
Inherited server care from a tech.
1)
Is the time limit in preferences "Mirror volume secondary timeout" only for when the warning is given?
Does it mean: you have 15 seconds (or whatever time limit you pick) until a warning is given, and it has no other effect on the Mirror volume itself
2)
If you have mirror volume consisting of 2 externals, and because of a bad plug on one of them, the secondary starts before the Primary: How long do you have before the "secondary" is changed to a "Primary"? If you were to get the "Primary" up in a couple of seconds, would it still convert the "secondary" because it started first?
3)
If the above happens (Question 2). Is there a way of making the previous "secondary-now-a-primary" back to a secondary without re-initializing the drive and using the "add secondary" command?
4)
We have moved our Softraid 3.8 from a Power Mac using 5.7 to an intel Using 5.7. We changed the drives to GUID, but the system from the Power Mac was backed up the Mirror, and is being used for the Intel. Do you know if there are any problems with that. I am told is was a universal Mac OS install on the Power Mac.
5)
Previous tech taking care of the Mirror on the PowerMac made Softraid startup DVDs. Are these still usable on the Intel? Are DVD's affected by Partial Maps or Intel GUID?
Thank you in advance
Posted : 20/02/2016 7:31 pm
I assume you mean you are going to upgrade to 5.x (or SoftRAID Lite 5.x?) ? I will answer your questions such.
1. Timeout is the period of time that the SoftRAID driver holds off mounting a volume when the primary is missing before it "fails over" the mirror. This is less of an issue with Thunderbolt, but the idea is to give some time when a drive is slow to power up.
2. The time out determines this period. Also, SoftRAID 5 has a feature where if the mirror fails over, and the original primary is attached relatively soon, SoftRAID can "rebuild" the mirror using the secondary as the new primary. This is designed to prevent most accidental failovers.
3. no, you must delete a volume, then "add secondary disk".
4. What is 5.7? OS X 10.5.7?
Apple started customizing the installs from intel/PPC around 10.4, if I remember correctly. So it is not likely the backup will boot up the 10.5.7 any longer. But you can boot from a backup thumbdrive and use the OS X combo updater (the updater may be sufficient) to update correctly.
5. Forget the CD/DVD. Just install a bootable system on a thumbdrive. Thumbdrives were not common when SoftRAID 3.6.8 was the primary product we shipped. Appl'e licensing for a bootable CD was overly complicated and restrictive, which is why we removed it fro SoftRIAD 4.
Note; if you are going to stay with 10.5.7, you may want to at least upgrade to SoftRAID 4. You would purchase a license to 5, then request via email to support with the model number of your machine and we can send you the latest SoftRAID version to work with it. There are so many good features, it is well worth it.
Email notification of problems, and "Fast Mirror Rebuilds" to name a couple.
Posted : 20/02/2016 8:39 pm
Topic starter
How much faster are the rebuilds on 5?
I was surprised how slow they were in 3.8
Posted : 20/02/2016 10:54 pm
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Sorry. I see you answered the speed of Softraid 3.8 vs 5 rebuild question in another post.
Read my email from top to bottom just got to it.
Thanks
Bob
Posted : 20/02/2016 10:58 pm
