Sending a Mac SoftRAID volume to a third party - SoftRAID Features https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-features/sending-a-mac-softraid-volume-to-a-third-party/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:26:16 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Sending a Mac SoftRAID volume to a third party https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-features/sending-a-mac-softraid-volume-to-a-third-party/#post-17866 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 03:38:00 +0000 @engineerx 

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.

]]> SoftRAID Features SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-features/sending-a-mac-softraid-volume-to-a-third-party/#post-17866 RE: Sending a Mac SoftRAID volume to a third party https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-features/sending-a-mac-softraid-volume-to-a-third-party/#post-17865 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:19:47 +0000 @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.

]]> SoftRAID Features engineerx https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-features/sending-a-mac-softraid-volume-to-a-third-party/#post-17865 RE: Sending a Mac SoftRAID volume to a third party https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-features/sending-a-mac-softraid-volume-to-a-third-party/#post-17730 Fri, 02 Dec 2022 19:56:47 +0000 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?

]]> SoftRAID Features SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-features/sending-a-mac-softraid-volume-to-a-third-party/#post-17730 Sending a Mac SoftRAID volume to a third party https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-features/sending-a-mac-softraid-volume-to-a-third-party/#post-17729 Fri, 02 Dec 2022 16:19:31 +0000 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?

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