SoftRaid 8 trial just got deleted because the computer just got deleted. Won't matter for awhile until the rest gets sorted out. Here's what happened....

I'm going to pretty much end this thread now. It's between me and Apple now but I didn't sleep much last night and just finished the test. Didn't want...

Thanks for the replies. The threads are so long because this is a combination of depression and desperation. The depression is that no matter what I s...

I see where this is leading. Disregard all questions from previous messages. I see now that you were saying you weren't sure how it would work to inst...

Nevermind, I think I understand fully now what you were referring to with a "second system." Just off the phone with AppleCare for the second time. Bo...

I promise this is not a snotty backhanded statement/question. Written support exchanges often make it hard to communicate nuance so please forgive me ...

Thanks. Offsite Disk 2 update, then replies to @support. First, the last offsite drive does the same thing. The model number is once more identical. A...

Just got Offsite disks in hand. Just loaded first one in bay 3. Same model number, same part no, same rev., but firmware is different (0102). Sa...

Next phase: called AppleCare. Told them the whole story. Of course they don't want me to roll back to Sonoma but I asked anyhow. In lieu of going nucl...

So the latest is I just checked literally every port on the Mac Studio and tried both the 15W and 85W ports out the back of the ThunderBay just in cas...

Next update. Offsite disks have not yet been retrieved BUT.... Two 16TB Toshibas were removed from an Elite Pro Dual enclosure. To recap, these disk...

Will be updating this thread in subsequent posts throughout the afternoon as I'm able (juggling several things). Hope to get the offsite drives later ...

That makes sense now. It's very clear when explained that way. Thanks for the clarification. Brand is Toshiba (Enterprise class). I'm pretty sur...

I'm re-reading this after midnight with a high gravity beer (ha!) as I review what just happened and think about what to move on with tomorrow. This q...

@softraid-support Thanks....just back from the store and double-confirmed this by putting the pair of 16TB disks into bays 4 and 8 (different bays tha...