Strange lite vs xt

I understand. Lite only does RAID 1 and 0. We are trying to maintain value on the higher features of SoftRAID, but offer a value for those who only need RAID 0 or 1. I understand what you see, but SoftRAID Pro is required for third party enclosures with RAID 5.

@softraid-support that’s fair, but again this enclosure is a time machine for the OS and software ON THE computer. It is a hand sized 2 TB single drive who’s sole and only purpose is to make up a backup of the OS and programs/software/documents, including softraid, on the physical computer. So that if the computer fails I can take the time machine to another computer(Mac) restore and carry on without having to download ever update/software to the new system and continue with out much delay. More or less it’s a redundancy in case of error, and keeps the information/data on OWC drives isolated from non essential data related to what’s on the drive. 

I still find it strange that the base software has that utility feature and doesn’t carry forward until you hit the top tier of the softraid. I can understand limiting it in the base and adding more utilitarian abilities as you purchase the higher tiers.

@tsilva

Figuring out licensing options can be a bit messy, yes.

In your case, I would keep the Time Machine in Apple Disk Utility format. the only real gain in SoftRAID format is tracking disk errors, not as critical in a Time Machine backup. If it is not USB, SoftRAID will still track SMART data on the drive, regardless of disk format.