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RE: Migrating from Intel Mac to M1: is it plug and play?

Its easy. After your new Mac is set up, just run SoftRAID to install. Then plug in your drives.

3 years ago
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RE: Akitio Node Titan/Accelsior 8M2 Disconnecting MBP M1

@astrom Can you confirm the fan on the card is running? (pop the top off, or watch through the window)

3 years ago
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RE: Raid convert message does not disable

@sparkplug37 I tested this and it works as designed (normally) So lets "uninstall SoftRAID" from utilities menu. restart, reinstall SoftRAID. See...

3 years ago
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RE: Akitio Node Titan/Accelsior 8M2 Disconnecting MBP M1

@astrom You are outside the return on the Kingston, right? We may have a hard time supporting this with third party blades. Another idea is get a t...

3 years ago
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RE: Akitio Node Titan/Accelsior 8M2 Disconnecting MBP M1

@astrom These ejects happen within a few minutes of copying data? Is it always 6 disks? Or is it a "random" number?if you unplug the box and plug...

3 years ago
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RE: Akitio Node Titan/Accelsior 8M2 Disconnecting MBP M1

@astrom This looks to me a problem with the PCI card. 6 of 8 drives missing cannot be the Titan or cable. Those would be "all or nothing" with driv...

3 years ago
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RE: Constant Spin up/down since v7.5

Its one of the MacOS sleep issues. This would happen even with Apple formatted disks. You notice it more on RAID, as all 4 of the drives must spin up.

3 years ago
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RE: Can Windows Version Not Specify Number Of Passes For Disk Certification?

@guitarflex Your comments on the Windows version are valid. I will be bring these up. Pre-Covid, we did tests with some availabilty of Pre-certif...

3 years ago
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RE: Sanity check for potential use case with 4x ThunderBay 4's in one big RAID 10 volume

@telosmachina Its complex, as disks read ahead. There is not way to predict exactly how all disks behave without testing each. What happens is you ...

3 years ago
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RE: Which version of Softraid?

@rsths12 There is not a way to mix and match seats. You could get your colleage Lite (but they could not manage problems, just get alerts) that may...

3 years ago
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RE: Upgrade RAID 1 with larger disks

@gzamba Here is a link to 6.0.5. downloads.owc.com/softraid/mac/archives/SoftRAID+6.0.5.dmg We do extensive testing on every release of SoftRAI...

3 years ago
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RE: Sanity check for potential use case with 4x ThunderBay 4's in one big RAID 10 volume

4 enclosures should be on two bus's, to avoid disk ejects. You also would need a "pro" license to do this, FYI. RAID 10 will scale somewhat, but y...

3 years ago
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RE: Which version of Softraid?

@rsths12 Sorry, I assumed XT, which is what most users are using. Is this a Thunderbay? Why are you using Pro, do you have non OWc enclosures?

3 years ago
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RE: All devices missing from SoftRAID app

Thanks for asking,but not yet. This is being worked on. Its a weird bug. We have discovered also, that usually a new admin account works on the same s...

3 years ago
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RE: Which version of Softraid?

If 13.4, not for short term user, SoftRAID will work and mount the volume.. If the editor wants notifications, etc, then for RAID 0, Lite is fine. Or ...

3 years ago
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