RAID 5 in ThunderBay 4 Not Rebuilding - Stripe Volumes https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:28:00 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: RAID 5 in ThunderBay 4 Not Rebuilding https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19979 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:05:11 +0000 @ripariankit 

I would leave optimization where it is, only change it back fi you are rebuilding and need to use the computer for intensive work, where rebuilds are paused when you are using the computer.

]]> Stripe Volumes SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19979 RE: RAID 5 in ThunderBay 4 Not Rebuilding https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19978 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 23:30:48 +0000 Ok, I've swapped the optimization to workstation and it does appear to be rebuilding more quickly. Once it's rebuilt if I change it to video is it going to have to rebuild all over again?

 

MacOS is not throwing any errors at all. It's just been taking far too long to rebuild with the new replacement drive I put in.

]]> Stripe Volumes RiparianKit https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19978 RE: RAID 5 in ThunderBay 4 Not Rebuilding https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19976 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:55:11 +0000 @ripariankit 

Set volume optimization to "workstation" for faster rebuilding. If hte volume is healthy, it should start incrementing the IO counters immediately.

is MacOS complaining that the volume is damaged and mounted read only? If so, it needs the directory to be repaired.

]]> Stripe Volumes SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19976 RE: RAID 5 in ThunderBay 4 Not Rebuilding https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19973 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:07:59 +0000 Here's the tech support file. Still says it's rebuilding.

2151]]> Stripe Volumes RiparianKit https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19973 RE: RAID 5 in ThunderBay 4 Not Rebuilding https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19806 Thu, 17 Aug 2023 20:31:11 +0000 The volume must be mounted to rebuild. Please attach a SoftRAID tech support file, with the volume mounted and I can look.

(i assume you are not getting any warnings from macOS that the volume is damaged and mounted read only?)

]]> Stripe Volumes SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19806 RAID 5 in ThunderBay 4 Not Rebuilding https://forums.softraid.com/stripe-volumes/raid-5-in-thunderbay-4-not-rebuilding/#post-19805 Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:32:17 +0000 SoftRAID reported that one of the drives in my ThunderBay 4 was likely to fail, so I replaced it with another similar drive (the same exact model was no longer available). However, since replacing the drive, my RAID has been in rebuilding status for almost two weeks. At the time of this post, the offset is 2,443,040,489,472 and the estimated time remaining is around 14 hours. However, the time remaining tracker will frequently go to hash marks and then restart the estimate.

I've mounted the drive and left it unmounted but with my machine running overnight. Neither action seems to help. What gives?

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