Last seen: Jun 13, 2026
@kevsull The RAID 5 issue is fixed in Ventura. Yes you can use RAID 4, it avoids this issue also. Let me clarify:You are getting good performance...
You have to select "Make plain text" or it saves as RTF, regardless of what you think you are naming it. Ventura should be tuesday.
Please attach kernel panics with Text Edit, and "Make Plain text". Otherwise no one else will read your thread as it is too long. Wait until Ventura...
@fenwayfrank Disconnect the enclosure when restarting and wait until 5 minutes after startup to connect the drives. that usually avoids this. Ven...
Encrypted volumes are not yet supported. There is a bug in the Apple API calls, it appears, we are working with Apple to find a solution. In the meant...
@kevsull I have seen slow reads reported on some drives or combinations. Did you try the latest SoftRAID beta? It probably wont make any difference...
I do not believe the TerraMaster Software interfered with "SoftRAID", it was a matter of it zeroing disks not inside its enclosure, more likely.
@mark_isky Its also possible all that happened was the header info on the drives was zero'd out. Then it is a matter of pasting in the partition ma...
@mark_isky What is your case number with OWC?
@kevsull You have lots of volumes. Note that the last volume on your drives will be much slower than for example the first volume created. But se...
Try the latest SoftRAID beta. Let me know if anything changes. Also, post a support file, there may be a clue. Did you try disable Spotlight on t...
@steve223 Did you contact macsales re: warranty? this is a SoftRAID forum, it is not for hardware, except for how it interacts with SoftRAID soft...
@mark_isky If they were not in the enclosure, it could not have affected them. Its strange, then.
@mark_isky We will move this over to SoftRAID support in OWC, then. But this will require us to get the drives, it would likely be a paid recover...
@mark_isky Save a SoftRAID support file with the disks in the enclosure and attach it.

