SoftRAID for Mac – Important Steps to Protect Your RAID 4/5 Volumes With SSDs
SoftRAID for Mac – Important Steps to Protect Your RAID 4/5 Volumes With SSDs
With the release of SoftRAID version 8.0, we fixed a driver bug that could lead to file corruption if a NVMe or SSD fails or is replaced. To ensure your RAID 4 and 5 volumes take advantage of this fix, please follow the steps below based on your macOS version:
We have created this short video describing this problem and steps you can take to protect your RAID 4 and 5 volumes.
For macOS 15.0 and later:
After upgrading to macOS 15, validate your RAID 4 or 5 volumes to ensure correct parity data. This step only needs to be done once after upgrading.
For macOS 14.7.4 and earlier:
Disable TRIM for your SoftRAID volumes.
Validate your RAID 4 or 5 volumes to ensure correct parity data. This step only needs to be done once after disabling TRIM.
Note: For faster volume optimization, set the volume’s optimization to “Workstation” or “Server”. Follow these steps to change a volume’s optimization:
Click on the volume tile of the volume you want to select.
Choose “Optimize for” from the “Volume” menu and then select the desired optimization for this volume.
You can change the optimization for a volume at any time, including during a mirror rebuild or volume validate operation and the change will take place immediately.
The TRIM command checkbox is located under the SoftRAID > Settings > Disk menu.
The “Validate” function is located under the “Volume” menu.
