#Softraid error mac os x#
#Softraid error install#
#Softraid error update#
#Softraid error free#

This was in contrast to the previous concept of highly reliable mainframe disk drives referred to as 'single large expensive disk' (SLED). RAID ( / r eɪ d/ ' redundant array of inexpensive disks' or ' redundant array of independent disks' ) is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive components into one or more logical units for the purposes of data redundancy, performance improvement, or both. For other uses, see Raid (disambiguation). For the police unit, see RAID (French Police unit).

#Softraid error update#

This is just a theory! SoftRAID support assures me that in the event of problems caused by a major OS upgrade, the issue is resolved with a software update within 30 days.This article is about the data storage technology.

#Softraid error mac os x#

Probably more likely to have stability issues with Mac OS X (for example, after a major OS upgrade).

I experienced two kernel panics while setting up RAIDs across different bus types (using a Weibetech FireWire to ATA bridge) - this may have just been a fluke.

I am told this feature is highly requested, so it will be available in a future update as well.

Should have email alerts when RAIDs are out of sync.

I am told that this will be fixed in a future SoftRAID update (3.1.3). This problem only affects drives that were originally Apple drives, that were converted to SoftRAID drives.

SoftRAID disk names don't appear in the 'Bootpicker' (the startup disk interface you see when holding down Option at startup) - minor but annoying.

You must modify existing boot CDs to work with SoftRAID volumes.

#Softraid error install#

SoftRAID volumes will not appear on systems that don't have the driver installed (which means target disk mode would not work if the host system doesn't have the SoftRAID driver - you would have to run SoftRAID on the host system and let it install the driver).workstation, server, digital video, etc).Īnd here are a few reasons why you might not want to use SoftRAID: Includes special I/O optimizations for different purposes (i.e.Has a background monitoring app that warns you when a RAID has errors - Apple gives you no warnings at all.Quickly converts Apple RAIDs and volumes to SoftRAID volumes.

Much less expensive than a hardware RAID solution.

You don't have to reformat to convert to a SoftRAID volume.

Lets you easily create and modify RAIDs dynamically - add or remove disks at will.

Here are a few of the more notable pros to using SoftRAID:

#Softraid error free#

So why should you buy this tool when Apple already gives you free RAID functionality with Disk Utility? The SoftRAID website has quite a list of ways in which SoftRAID is better than Apple's RAID, but is it really worth it? This will output the RAID status, and could be used with cron to routinely check your RAID status, and even set up scripts to send out email when Apple RAID has issues. You could also use the command line utility diskutil to check status of raid devices: ' diskutil checkRAID'. This does not apply to Apple's Xserve or Xserve RAID, which can email notifications and alerts. On the other hand, if you have RAID sync problems with Apple's RAID, you would not receive any kind of notification - you would only find out if you happened to open Disk Utility and check the RAID status. Rebuilding can be pretty slow - it took a G4/400 about 4 hours to rebuild a 75 GB RAID volume I set up on two ATA disks. SoftRAID can also rebuild your RAID in the background while you continue to work. make sure all disks in a RAID contain identical data). If one of the disks in your RAID ever gets out of sync, SoftRAID's background monitor will display a warning that you need to open SoftRAID and let it rebuild your RAID (i.e. If you decide you want to use one of the disks in a mirror as an independent disk, you can split it off of the RAID and create a separate volume from it, without having to reformat.

You can also easily add and remove disks to and from a RAID.