Softraid 5
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Softraid 5 software#
SoftRAID is actively supported and improvedĪt SoftRAID, we don’t believe that software should be shipped and then forgotten.SoftRAID 5.6.3 also includes numerous bug fixes, details of which can be found in the release notes.In previous versions, this command, used to unmount all volumes which use a given disk, would return an error even if it was successful. The command line interface of the SoftRAID Tool no longer returns an error every time the disk unmount command is used.
Softraid 5 driver#
The SoftRAID driver no longer reports read errors on stripe (RAID 0) volumes as write errors.In previous versions it was possible for older, cached versions of the driver to be loaded by mistake under certain circumstances.
Softraid 5 drivers#
The new driver uses no more than 1 thread per disk for disk update operations.įixes to driver loading ensure that the correct driver is installed when installing for the first time, and that newly updated drivers are always loaded. Previous releases of SoftRAID could cause this limit to be exceeded during disk update operations, causing a kernel panic. The SoftRAID driver has been changed to use fewer threads, since macOS 10.13, High Sierra, now limits the number of kernel threads which can run at one time.A read error during a cache flush operation could cause a kernel panic with RAID 4 and 5 volumes. The SoftRAID driver has been changed to handle disk errors better.SoftRAID 5.6.3 includes driver modifications to ensure that disks do not hang with macOS 10.13 High Sierra. This change in kernel behavior could cause disks to hang. High Sierra includes increased kernel security features which changed the behavior of some macOS kernel functions.However SoftRAID’s certify, verify and monitoring features do work with APFS formatted disks. SoftRAID is now compatible with macOS High Sierra, although SoftRAID 5.6.3 does not support creating, modifying or converting APFS volumes.RAID 0 does not protect your data, but if you work with large temporary files (such as video scratch data) you’ll love the lightening fast disk access. All RAID levels above RAID 0 offer data protection and redundancy. SoftRAID offers 5 RAID levels: RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 1+0. Not only do you gain peace of mind knowing that you’ll be alerted about disk problems, SoftRAID will allow you to carry on with work (with all RAID levels over 0) even if a drive fails. SoftRAID does more by constantly checking your disks and warning you in advance-before a disk fails-giving you time to replace bad disks, saving precious files and data. Standard Hardware RAID products only protect you from losing files when disks fail. SoftRAID is disk driver software that allows you to create, monitor, and maintain a software implementation of RAID for greater speed and data protection. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.