@zcsxnjm Go get SoftRAID Standard. Its free.

go.owc.com/softraid/mac/beta And fill in the form. thanks!

@osuman Some drives do this, if they have not spun down, it keeps the platter lubricated.

@nanashi Here is an example. Its very CPU and hardware reliant. Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 265K, 3900 Mhz, 20 Core Installed on a ROG Maximus Z8...

When you power off the enclosure, the drive heads "park". Could this be what you are hearing? Maybe one drive is very loud.Pull all the drives but one...

@gkanai A single drive in an enclosure dropping out is indeed something to be concerned about.Identify it and give it a SoftRAID Disk label if you hav...

Something in your system blocked the SoftRAID Monitor from loading at startup.(check if you have any anti malware, or IT control software, for example...

@atakacs I don't know if engineering is going to get to this anytime soon. But I don't think this is "Fixable", so you would need to reestablish the R...

@gkanai Yes you are OK now. Just clear the IO errors from the drives with errors (Utilities menu)

@gkanai Glad your drives are OK. Usually when the SMART open source driver is installed, SoftRAID can see the SMART status also. Glad your drives a...

@atakacs I am still waiting for an engineering review of your configuration. It should be today.

The enclosure that "ejected" was the Akitio, which also ejects then, the OWC. (it was first in line).I don't see anything "Permanent". For reassura...

@shoptommasoalvisi-com No it has not been fixed yet. You can take any enclosure of multiple drives, format them any way you want, including leavin...

@atakacs Attach a new support file, so I know what you did, then I can advise.