Last seen: Apr 24, 2026
@teddy_mfm_88 You need to open a formal support case for this. I do not know if this is a known issue, I do not think so, but the active support pe...
@filmguy When the beta expires, or you get notified a new beta is available, just use the latest version. Expired beta does not affect your volume,...
The only way you can do it, is run "unprotected" for 10 days.Create an 8 drive RAID 5 volume, including the new disk.Then "remove disk" and take that ...
@filmguy Let me investigate.
@filmguy Here is a guideline:A spare drive should be periodically re-certified to ensure it remains ready for immediate use. For mission-critical syst...
@filmguy Were you sent the link to the 9.0 beta? they should have been with that. You can post issues here, or send them to support@softraid.com
@pafer SoftRAID license numbers do not need to be changed any longer.
@filmguy There are instructions, but best is delete the 8.6.1 app. Then you cannot accidentally launch it.
Generally 20TB drives take 10 days.You ask a good question about how long drives can sit on a shelf and be good. I would at least do a 2 pass certify ...
@filmguy We are likely to release a tool to "convert" the volume. But you cannot use the volumes created by this beta on any other system, nor conn...
Yes you can use the volume. If this is flash media, did you ever validate the volume?
We set your subscription dates to match.
@dianemiller Not that I know of, Windows does not have the tightly integrated power management that the mac has, so while less energy efficient, le...
@dianemiller And hope this issue gets resolved.
@rgv Yes, its not a drive issue. This looks like transient I/O errors under extreme load. pg_checksums --enable is a perfect triggerEnabling c...

