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RE: Rebuilding Raid 5 after HD issue causes issues because SoftRaid Stops rebuilding

Digital Video optimization means thay anytime tyou are using the computer, rebuilding is paused, so it does not interfere with your work. (dropping fr...

9 months ago
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RE: SofrtRAID 8.6 beta is available for MacOS 26 (Tahoe)

@jhoke If you are running the 8.6 beta, yes there will be updates. If you are running the original beta, go to the same link and get the current be...

9 months ago
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RE: Second volume validation updates parity blocks, want to know why

@wfiveash These are "parity" blocks, so there is no data corruption. Attach a SoftRAID tech support file, so I can take a look.

9 months ago
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RE: SoftRAID Volume Out-Of-Sync

@steve223 The Promise enclosure is "hardware RAID" the drives must go into fixed locations. If you swap slots, you loser all data. The plus side is...

9 months ago
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RE: SoftRAID Volume Out-Of-Sync

@steve223 And, MacOS does not have the ability to identify a bay/slot in Thunderbolt. That is why we have "disk labels" as a feature. MacOS randoml...

9 months ago
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RE: slow write speeds?

@greatnate Marketing always says the bus speeds. Theoretical throughput. When we post actual "results", we use real world benchmarks (like AJA Sy...

9 months ago
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RE: SoftRAID Volume Out-Of-Sync

@steve223 Based on your latest observations, I am 100% sure you have a faulty hard drive. However, you still need to try swapping it with another b...

9 months ago
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RE: Help Identifying Failed Drive in ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Setup – SoftRAID 8.5, License Not Renewed

@steve223 My suggestion still is create a second system install and you can run SoftRAID in trial mode, which is full functioning.

9 months ago
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RE: SoftRAID Volume Out-Of-Sync

@steve223 You have a fault in your system, which I am trying to help you diagnose. Its not our generic hardware that is the problem, its your speci...

9 months ago
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RE: slow write speeds?

With intel, that is what you are going to get. If write speed is your priority, use RAID 0 (and backup frequently). If you don't need all the capacity...

9 months ago
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RE: SoftRAID Volume Out-Of-Sync

@steve223 SoftRAID does not care what slot, what bus, or what enclosure a drive is in. So you can safely move it around, with no issues. SoftRAID...

9 months ago
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RE: SoftRAID Volume Out-Of-Sync

@steve223 Apple support people are just reading from a script. Anyone who "blames" the SoftRAID driver does not understand how drivers work in MacO...

9 months ago
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RE: Help Identifying Failed Drive in ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Setup – SoftRAID 8.5, License Not Renewed

@steve223 no you cannot do it with the Standard (free) version.I don't think the drive is going to suddenly failChanging the settings are not availabl...

9 months ago
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RE: Help Identifying Failed Drive in ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Setup – SoftRAID 8.5, License Not Renewed

Yes, Standard allows you to replace a drive, its one feature that works in Standard.

9 months ago
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RE: Help Identifying Failed Drive in ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 Setup – SoftRAID 8.5, License Not Renewed

@steve223 To try to address these:When a disk is not showing in SoftRAID, it means macOS is not seeing it, Disk Utility (nor will "diskutil list in...

9 months ago
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