SoftRAID 7 and SoftRAID 6 SoftRAID XT is designed to work only with OWC storage solutions and volumes in a single enclosure. SoftRAID Pro and Lite work with OWC storage solutions as well as third-party solutions and will enable users to store data across enclosures. ThunderBay Flex 8 ThunderBay 8 ThunderBay 6 ThunderBay 4 ThunderBay […]
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During the trial period, you can use all of the features of SoftRAID, including Pro features.
Most third party utilities are fully compatible with SoftRAID volumes. This includes: DiskWarrior, TechTool Pro,, Disk Drill, R-Studio Carbon Copy Cloner and others.
The SoftRAID Monitor generally uses less than 0.2% of your Mac’s CPU power, even when you are using SoftRAID for both your startup volume and all your data volumes. The SoftRAID driver only uses CPU power when you are reading or writing files. Reading and writing to RAID volumes usually uses less than 4% of […]
Convert AppleRAID to SoftRAID To convert AppleRAID volumes to SoftRAID just follow these 6 simple steps: 1) Ensure your AppleRAID disks are connected and have been backed up 2) Launch SoftRAID 3) Select your AppleRAID volume tile from the list of volumes within the SoftRAID application (all volumes that are connected to and recognized by […]
XSAN and other SANs are incompatible with SoftRAID. SANs require direct access to the disks they use and cannot use disks which are under SoftRAID’s control.
Yes! Time Machine works great with SoftRAID and you can easily use a SoftRAID volume as the target for your Time Machine backup. Time Machine volumes must be APFS formatted. When you create a volume you intend to use for Time Machine, be sure to select APFS as the file system. Any time you connect […]
Below is a list of SoftRAID versions and compatible macOS versions. SoftRAID 7: macOS 10.12.6 or later SoftRAID 6: macOS 10.12.6 or later SoftRAID 5.8.4: macOS 10.10.5 – 10.15.7 SoftRAID 5.8.1: MacOS 10.8.5 – 10.9.5 SoftRAID 5.7.3: MacOS 10.7.5 SoftRAID 5.6.7: MacOS 10.6.8 SoftRAID 4.5.4: 10.5.8 – MacOS 10.6.8
For both macOS and Windows, SoftRAID volumes are not bootable nor can be created from the bootable OS volume.
Pre-macOS 13.2.1 Ventura or older MacOS versions In order for the SoftRAID driver to load properly, you may need to follow these steps. 1) Launch SoftRAID Install SoftRAID and launch the app. If you have just installed SoftRAID and received a prompt to restart, continue with the instructions on this page first and only restart […]