Strange, volume failure. - Known Issues https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:09:33 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Strange, volume failure. https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-20123 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:37:38 +0000 @xchap2021 

Validate does not touch the file system, it only checks the raw data and parity. We do not make any "repair" tools.

All you can try is restarting, or running "First Aid". As I mentioned there are no other repair tools in MacOS.

 

I have heard of users connecing an unmountable APFS volume to another computer, and it mounting. Might be worth testing.

]]> Known Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-20123 RE: Strange, volume failure. https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-20120 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:22:27 +0000 @softraid-support  now its raid 5. unmounted  validating wanting for mount

 no errors  blocks updated 13,030.   current offset 314,846,478,336  I waiting to see if it mount

it tired to mount intermittently but it was a no go. so in hit validate so see if I get lucky.....

]]> Known Issues xchap2021 https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-20120 RE: Strange, volume failure. https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-20118 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:53:30 +0000 @xchap2021 

Did that drive that is out of sync drop out (hang) for a little while? That is what I guess is the cause. Is this backed up? there are no directory repair tools for APFS except Disk First Aid, which is what runs at startup.

]]> Known Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-20118 RE: Strange, volume failure. https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-20117 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:12:30 +0000  new drives , created a volume after couple of days I can't mount or access anything

unmounted raid 5 degraded safe guard disable, mounting , rebuilding , waiting for mount

]]> Known Issues xchap2021 https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-20117 RE: Strange, volume failure. https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-19872 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 15:27:58 +0000 That fixed it, thanks!

]]> Known Issues John Graham https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-19872 RE: Strange, volume failure. https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-19871 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 15:19:12 +0000 The problem is more than one disk went out of sync, so the volume cannot be rebuilt.

I note you validated the volume, also. So use "recover failed disks". Then when asked, you do not need to validate again.

]]> Known Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-19871 Strange, volume failure. https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-6-2-softraid-6-2-known-issues/strange-volume-failure/#post-19870 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:13:32 +0000 I have a volume that's showing degraded. But have validated the volume and ran diskWarrior and diskutil on it, and it says it's OK,

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but it still shows that it's degraded. There are no disk showing failed or errors.

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