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Hello. I work in video post production, where we often have to send large disk arrays to other companies etc. If I send a RAID5 volume (Sabrent enclosure) to a third party who doesn't have the actual SoftRAID app installed, I understand that the Mac OS has a driver onboard which would still allow them to read / write to it. But what happens if one of the disks fails? Will they be notified at all (beyond perhaps a red light on the array)? If they swap the failed disk would it rebuild?
Posted : 02/12/2022 11:19 am
If it is intel, it will mount, yes and it can rebuild. But the driver in MacOS cannot notify.
They could install the SoftRAID driver on M1 for a 14 day trial, BTW. And it is fully functional.
How long do they need the volume for? Are they part of your company, or vendors?
Posted : 02/12/2022 2:56 pm
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@softraid-support We're delivering finished a copy of finished video and footage to our clients. Chances are they won't be powering the unit for more than a few hours, if at all. I just wanted to make sure if anything failed in transit that they'd at least see a light on the enclosure and would be able to swap the drive if necessary. Sounds like that's the case as they are on Intel Macs. Thanks.
This post was modified 3 years ago by engineerx
Posted : 07/12/2022 6:19 pm
It will mount, but they would need to install the SoftRAID 14 day trial to manage the array. The bundled driver cannot alert the user to errors.
Posted : 07/12/2022 10:38 pm
