Last seen: Apr 17, 2026
@softraid-support Is it possible to convert to a RAID 1+0 from a RAID 4? I know SoftRAID cannot do this directly, but what if the parity drive was r...
Is it possible to convert to a RAID 1+0 from a RAID 5? No. SoftRAID cannot do this. You have to use one of the paths listed above, here
Is it possible to convert a RAID 1 to a RAID 1+0? No. SoftRAID cannot do this directly. The simply way is to create a RAID 0 with the drives, then u...
Can a RAID 1+0 be converted to to a RAID 1? No. SoftRAID cannot do this. But you can do this in multiple steps: 1. remove the extra "mirrored" dri...
Can a RAID 1+0 be converted to a RAID 0? Yes, use the Remove function to remove the extra "mirrored" drives from the volume.
What are the ways to create a RAID 1+0 volume? First, you need a minimum of 4 drives, and always in pairs, or increments of 2. There are 3 ways: ...
Did any older version of SoftRAID ever support converting a RAID 0 to 1 or RAID 1 to 0, then the feature taken out?
So it seems that the only way to convert a RAID 1 to a RAID 1+0 is to first create a RAID 0 with new drives, copy the content from then RAID 1, then u...
Also, while on this topic, does SoftRAID have the ability to convert a RAID 1 to a RAID 0, with the addition of at least 2 new drives, e.g. taking dri...
So I understand, would the end result of converting a RAID 0 to RAID 1+0 be that the original drives 1 & 2 would end up in separate groups, such t...
@softraid-support According to here, and other sources:/p> a RAID 1+0 is a stripe of mirrored drives, and a RAID 0+1 a mirror of striped drives, opp...
If the starting point is a RAID 0, would this conversion not produce a 0+1 set-up rather than a 1+0?
@softraid-support But no regression testing? Especially knowing that some things have broken? That is concerning, and does not bode confidence.

