Then when SoftRaid 6 came out, which is required for Big Sur, they charged me $50 for an upgrade.Įven worse, when I got it, configured my Raid, my performance was in the 300 Mb range (Read and Write) for three SSDs. I had not received the shipment and I had not opened it. They had shipped, but I asked them to return the product. I purchased with SoftRaid 5.8.4 and SoftRaid 6 was in beta. A free trial is available and SoftRAID can be purchased at product is slow. SoftRAID 5.7.3 is a free update to users SoftRAID 5.0 and later. With five different RAID volume levels, SoftRAID has users covered – whether the emphasis is on the safety of your data, the speed of accessing that data or the best of both. OWC’s SoftRAID software RAID solution brings technology found only in data centers to workstations and editing bays.

Resolved certify window display issue showing “15 minutes” menu item twice for the duration of the random access test.

Adjusts the SoftRAID application, allowing users to disable the ThunderBay 6 registration notifications if they wish.

Changes the way that SoftRAID tool reports fatal errors, now writing to the SoftRAID.log rather than the system.log file.

Fixed an issue which caused the “Zero Sectors” feature to fail on the second write, which can occur on NVMe blades having 4KB sectors and a maximum transfer size of 128KB.

With OWC’s acquisition of Akitio, we are excited to now be working directly with their hardware design team and look forward to many innovative new products from them.”Įnhancements included with SoftRAID 5.7.3:

Tim Standing, OWC’s Vice President of Software Engineering – Mac, said: “SoftRAID has supported users with Akitio enclosures for years now and can appreciate their quality construction and reliable performance. With OWC’s recent acquisition of Akitio, this SoftRAID update brings tighter integration of OWC software RAID to even more RAID enclosures, enabling users to create and manage their data faster and safer.

The SoftRAID development team strives continuously to make SoftRAID the most robust software RAID solution available, and this new release is no exception. OWC announced that their new SoftRAID 5.7.3 update will support the Akitio Thunder3 Quad X and Quad Mini in the XT versions of SoftRAID.

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