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What if my computer is unable to run SoftRAID 7?
If you are running Mac OS X 10.11.6 or older contact us at support@softraid.com and we can assist with an...
Disk Hung Errors
When a Disk “Hangs”, this means an I/O was generated to the disk, and it failed to respond. Most of...
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...
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...
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...
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...