SofrtRAID 8.6 beta is available for MacOS 26 (Tahoe)

@jhoke 

If you are running 8.6, it will be found in Check for Updates. Probably Friday, its being tested currently.
If you were running a different (like 8.5.1), then you need to redownload, using the original link.

Ok, beta is running out ... only 6 days left....

@nanoplane 

Not to worry, we are working on it, perhaps for today

@nanoplane I'm on only 2 days left, but as long as the driver keeps functioning, and nothing breaks, it should be fine.

@stempnakowski 
the SoftRAID driver always loads and would not be impacted by an expired beta or expired SoftRAID release trial period. We never shut down performance, access ,etc, to a users data!

SoftRAID 8.6 beta 7 has been released. You can get it by "check for updates", or download direct at softraid.com/sr_beta

Just uninstalled 8.5 and installed 8.6B7. Running Tahoe Developer beta 7.  On startup, Softraid reports

"An internal part of the SoftRAID Monitor has stopped functioning properly. Please quit SoftRAID and relaunch it."

@nick-l 

Something in your system blocked the SoftRAID Monitor from loading at startup.

This is not related to Tahoe.

This will work around the issue:
https://software.owc.com/knowledge-base/softraid-monitor-failed-error-mac/

@Support Team -- 

Thanks -- all seems well with B7 -- will do some additional testing when I get a few moments this week 

Cheers

@jhoke 

Everyone remember, its very unlikely there are any driver issues, it has been thoroughly tested, what is really usful are user interface bugs, in particular.

I have one Volume that will not mount with SoftRAID 8.6b7. There are two Volumes in the ThunderBay 8. One mounts okay, and the other just continues to say mounting...

@macsupport 

MacOS apparently cannot mount the volume. SoftRAID can tell it to mount, but it is MacOS that is performing the mount/unmount.

Did this happen after a crash? What creates the data on this volume, it says "TimeCapsule". Is it a Time Machine volume? A simple backup? if just a backup volume, what app is writing to it?

@softraid-support Correct it is a TimeMachine volume. It was mounted, until I installed 8.6b7.

@macsupport 

8.6.b7 does not install a driver, nor require a restart. My guess is it went to an unmountable state when you installed Tahoe?

You may need to erase the Time Machine volume (Use Disk Utility erase, not SoftRAID) and let it start over.

Upgrading MacOS should not damage your Time Machine volume, but it can, and this is an issue I have seen for more than 10 years.

@softraid-support The Volume only shows up in SoftRAID, not in Disk Utility. The drives show up in both.