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RE: Resize (Expand) Volume Failing

@zisper Let me investigate. Should work. I see an error, so perhaps an update changed something.

1 year ago
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RE: Creating a Softraid mirror with primary disk using partition on internal SSD, secondary disk using partition on external SSD?

@smayer97 Drivers are not on disks. I think that is your misconception. Drivers are in the system itself. What happens at startup, is MacOS looks...

1 year ago
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RE: Creating a Softraid mirror with primary disk using partition on internal SSD, secondary disk using partition on external SSD?

@smayer97 A disk can only be controlled by one driver. If a disk is bootable, it must be controlled by the standard MacOS disk driver. Therefore, S...

1 year ago
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RE: Creating a Softraid mirror with primary disk using partition on internal SSD, secondary disk using partition on external SSD?

No, because SoftRAID volumes cannot boot, so you cannot have the SoftRAID partition maps on a startup disk, i.e, your "spare" 1TB volume. Best might...

1 year ago
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RE: Resize (Expand) Volume Failing

Attach a SoftRAID tech support file and I can take a look.

1 year ago
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RE: SoftRAID reports that an update is available

And you have run/installed the new version?

1 year ago
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RE: SoftRAID 8.3 having issues with MacOS Sequoia 15.1

@kenh Probably a terminology error.Remove Missing Disk is a term that only applies to RAID 1 (Mirror) volumes. We support up to 16 disks in a mirro...

1 year ago
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RE: SoftRAID 8.3 having issues with MacOS Sequoia 15.1

Yes, we have had users report that 15.2 beta fixes this issue. We now have the critical issues mailing list sign up on our main support page:

1 year ago
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RE: SoftRAID 8.3 having issues with MacOS Sequoia 15.1

@kenh Regarding warning users about the 2019 Mac Pro with Sequoia, we did write a blog post and sent an email to those signing up for urgent alerts...

1 year ago
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RE: SoftRAID 8.3 having issues with MacOS Sequoia 15.1

@kenh no, drives should not cause the MacOS system to crash. There are very few crashes "caused" by SoftRAID, and when we find one, we either fix i...

1 year ago
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RE: SoftRAID 8.3 having issues with MacOS Sequoia 15.1

@lychee128 the issue you are referring to is a bug introduced by MacOS that should be fixed in 15.2. the SoftRAID driver passes all IO through Ma...

1 year ago
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RE: SoftRAID 8.3 having issues with MacOS Sequoia 15.1

@kenh I notice you have a couple older drives, and one of them is not reporting SMART. I suspect that is your failing drive. You have two 14TB ...

1 year ago
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RE: SoftRAID 8.3 having issues with MacOS Sequoia 15.1

Save a SoftRAID tech support file with the disks connected and attach it. Certainly something is going on.

1 year ago
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RE: "Certify Only" license entitlement/capability?

What I would do is install onto the laptop either in trial mode, or deactivate your license on the maijn computer, then activate on the laptop, certif...

1 year ago
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RE: What's the state of SoftRAID for macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 on the 2019 Intel Mac Pro?

@seth-goldin THe fix will be in 15.2, not 15.1, unfortunately.

1 year ago
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