steve223
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RE: SoftRaid constantly ejecting drive when Mac goes to sleep

@softraid-support IIt may be Apple's problem to solve and I'm not disputing that. However, I have eight Thunderbolt 4 hard drives connected, and unfor...

3 months ago
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RE: SoftRaid constantly ejecting drive when Mac goes to sleep

I'm on 15.7.3 and sadly it's still happening albeit not as bad as it used to be. Hence from having my Mac running 24-7 for the past 26 years or so, I ...

3 months ago
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RE: Spin down of HDDs

Yep, issue also came back for me on a M1 MacStudio Ultra 15.6. This stuff is going on for way too long. Switch to a 10 GbE NAS and the problem is gone...

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

Just a quick follow-up: I went ahead and swapped the hard drives around as suggested, but unfortunately, the same issue cropped up again—no improvemen...

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

@softraid-support Hi again, I went ahead and swapped two of the disks to different bays as suggested, but I'm still seeing the same issue—no chang...

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

@softraid-support Thanks a lot for clarifying that macOS doesn't have the ability to identify bays/slots in Thunderbolt enclosures—that makes sense ...

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

@softraid-support Thanks for the detailed response and for clarifying your perspective—it's helpful to understand the philosophy behind SoftRAID's d...

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

Thanks for your reply, but I feel like we're going in circles here. First of all, you've previously acknowledged that there is an issue with macOS in ...

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

Thanks for the message and the additional details on drive swapping, Thunderbolt evolution, and sleep issues—it's interesting to hear the behind-the-s...

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

Thanks for the clarification on the Standard version limitations. I understand that's the intent—to provide basic functionality after warranty and sup...

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

@softraid-support Thanks for your quick response and the additional insights—it's helpful to understand the limitations of Apple's support and the br...

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

Hi again, just a quick update on my ongoing RAID 5 ejection and rebuild issues with my OWC ThunderBay 4 enclosures (SoftRAID 8.5 on macOS Sequoia 15.5...

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

@softraid-support It seems to be always the same drive. The drives are three years old, don't get very hard use because there are no working drives, a...

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

However, I will need for the drive to last until I have my QNAP set up and transferred everything. You mentioned something about changing the drive ti...

9 months ago
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