@sschifrin No need to disable SIP, I recommend against it now. (it was required for earlier versions of MacOS X to install drivers) If I understa...

Why do you think it takes days for support to reply? I see your case, it was just created today. I will close that case, but you can respond and open ...

@guitarflex One more comment, just so you are aware:When a computer goes to sleep, after a bit it goes into Hibernate mode. Every 45 mionutes or so...

@guitarflex Note: If only 4 disks in the Flex 8 show up, that is a Flex 8 hardware issue, I cannot think oif any bug/issue in MacOS that can cause ...

@samtenpa All passes. Expected time is 2TB a day for a guesstimate.

@guitarflex Its trivial to add and later delete a second system. Just run DiskUtility, click on the unwanted volume and click - All my computers ...

@guitarflex Let me add some more. First, a second system keeps your main system 100% intact. It is just for testing, so you can prove these issue...

@guitarflex A note for you. As of Ventura, macOS controls what SoftRAID driver loads. You cannot use a newer or older driver for any macOS install ...

@guitarflex I don't think you need to fuss over firmware, unless it was custom to some external NAS box or something. firmware on HDD's is pretty g...

@smayer97 If you are on an older OS, using 7, these instructions are the same when "a part of the Monitor failed".

No, this is not a SoftRAID installation issue. Attach a SoftRAID tech support file, and I am happy to look and get some ideas of the cause.

@guitarflex Sorry for lack of clarity, by "hardware", I simply mean any hardware, including the Studio. Something is going on, that is unusual. W...

@guitarflex Couple initial comments: the SoftRAID driver loads automatically and is determined by the MacOS version. there is no way to "uninstal...

Before, as certify wipes all data on the disks.

Expect 2TB/day to certify. You can certify 8 drives at once without any slowdown using HDD's. So expect 8 days.