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RE: MacOS Softraid 8.3 Can Not Add Disk

@dgbarar Good end result, but I am not sure why. thanks!

2 years ago
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RE: Certifying 8 x 16TB Drives. Faster on the 2nd and 3rd Pass?

@llh Again, a lot of coding for no real result. No, drives are not totally consistent.

2 years ago
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RE: Certify time estimations

Its not worth it. There are hybrid drives, which do not have a standard way to identify. Plus every drive is different, we would have to test dozens. ...

2 years ago
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RE: softraidtool isn't returning a proper error code on exit but it should

@wfiveash I passed this on to engineering. This is not a high priority, but it may be an easy addition. No promises, but it will be looked at.

2 years ago
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RE: RAID 5 Rebuilding

@thfritzmann PLease attach a new support file. is the volume mounted?

2 years ago
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RE: RAID 5 Rebuilding

@thfritzmann Validating is the right step, if it mounts without the new drive. After complete, (make sure your backups are up to date), then do i...

2 years ago
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RE: Softraid 7.6 not installing

@rrw137 SoftRAID was never installed then. (at least the tool) This was a first time running of the app? Are you logged in as an admin?you may ...

2 years ago
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RE: Softraid 7.6 not installing

What if you run this line in the terminal.app?sudo softraidtool uninstall (enter your password) restart and can you launch SoftRAID?

2 years ago
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RE: RAID 5 Rebuilding

@thfritzmann Sure attach a support file. If the volume cannot mount, it canot rebuild. We designed this to prevent damage to data in a serious di...

2 years ago
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RE: softraidtool isn't returning a proper error code on exit but it should

@wfiveash Unlikely, that text has not changed in 30 years, since SoftRAID 2.0 We add things to logging, but there is no need to change what is log...

2 years ago
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RE: RAID 5 Rebuilding

That is too long. 1. Is the volume mounted? Rebuilds require a mounted (healthy) volume 2.Is there a progress bar on the volume tile? Does it have...

2 years ago
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RE: What happens when a certificate process ends?

@b_frank Sorry, no there is no way, except if the events are still in the SoftRAID log. Certify leaves the disks zeroed out, no partition map, no ...

2 years ago
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RE: softraidtool isn't returning a proper error code on exit but it should

@wfiveash Why not try this, create a 200GB volume (for speed).Validate. Look in the log to get the validate message you need.validate, pull the plu...

2 years ago
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RE: Mac Crash and not Mounting

@funkygecko BTW: Screen shorts are not necessary if you are sending a support file. It has everything I need to see. the panics you are getti...

2 years ago
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RE: softraidtool isn't returning a proper error code on exit but it should

@wfiveash The good news is this is a feature being added. The command, you probably know, is sudo softraidtool volume myvolume validate Is th...

2 years ago
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