Thanks for the update - just as a closure to this thread. The bay numbers do match up as what is shown in SoftRaid. Following the process was re...

So I ran a validate on the volume before doing anything else and it said that it failed variation and should be replaced. I assume that's not a fal...

Does the drive have a status of failed SMART, or reallocated sectors? Or is it "just" an IO error? (trying to be sure you don't have a "false alarm",...

Thanks for the reply and the video. As I have a MacPro cheesegrater I need to shut down the Mac where it says 'power down the RAID'? I looked at...

Actually, you seem to be doing reasonably well for RAID 1+0 inside a Mac Pro. Your performance is as good as the RAID 5 hardware card. The Mac Pro ...

That sounds great, thanks for the info.