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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support Hi, just wanted to check if the photos I uploaded had all the info you were looking for.

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support Thanks. They rather helpfully have put a huge "warranty void if removed label" containing the SoftRAID XT Lite license right over...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support Thanks, just wanted to confirm it was all in order. I've been in touch with the seller of the Ultrastars and they're willing t...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support A quick question to double check my understanding based on something I saw you'd asked someone in another post on the forum. Driv...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support Thanks I'll make sure I keep those results. Wish it was possible to pinpoint the problem because as you say these, on paper, shou...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support Thanks for continuing to help with this. I let the seller know about the issues a few days ago just so they were aware but they si...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support UPDATE: tried the new cables but same results. Interestingly I've been finding results are slightly better after a reboot. Not s...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support What could cause the drives to perform at max speeds non-RAID in the IcyBox USB 3.1 (gen 2) enclosure but not really get anywhere ne...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support No problem, I did a before and after of a 4 drive RAID 0 converted to AppleRAID and I repeated this for both ThunderBay units, the...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support To be complete I just disconnected everything else from the Mac Mini except the two ThunderBays and re-ran the full set of AJA tes...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support When I was doing the AJA tests with stripe volumes for the table you requested last weekend I tried disconnecting all the other de...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support Hi, just wanted to provide some additional information I've gathered. I realised I'd tried the drives in the Thunderbays and the ...

5 years ago
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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support Yeah the OWC stuff was hard to come by in the first place here and hard drive availability is not that great right now either. Than...

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RE: First RAID 5 volume in SoftRAID - speeds seem low

@softraid-support I must admit after I typed that last message curiosity got the better of me and I did go change the ports on each Thunderbay and ret...

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