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Why should I certify a new disk—don’t they get tested at the factory?
Most modern disks only get limited testing during the manufacturing process. They get tested to ensure that they can read...
Can I create an encrypted Time Machine backup on a SoftRAID volume?
Time Machine supports encrypted volumes on any SoftRAID APFS volume. One cavaet, is RAID 4/5 on HDD (rotating media) are...
Email notification won’t work with my mail account
Email notifications have been temporarily removed from SoftRAID. We hope to add this back in future release.
Stop using older disks before they fail
We recommend that you replace older disk drives even if they have not failed. As disks age, the chance that...
What happens when a disk in my RAID 4 or 5 volume stops working?
Because of the way that RAID 4 and RAID 5 work—by creating parity data, which can be used to rebuild...
How does SoftRAID determine how many hours a disk has been used?
SoftRAID uses SMART to ask a disk how many hours it has been used. Disks which support SMART are on...
Can I create a second macOS installation on my internal drive that can run SoftRAID, without affecting my main macOS System?
MacOS APFS volumes have a special feature where you can create additional volumes that share the same space on your...
How to get SoftRAID to ignore SMART status of predicted-to-fail disk.
If SoftRAID keeps notifying you of a SMART error on one of your disks, it can become annoying. Even if...