{"id":47104,"date":"2019-01-14T09:54:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T15:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=47104"},"modified":"2019-01-14T09:55:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T15:55:39","slug":"owc-announces-softraid-5-7-3-offers-support-for-akitio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/47104-owc-announces-softraid-5-7-3-offers-support-for-akitio\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Announces SoftRAID 5.7.3 Offers Support for Akitio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47105 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Softraid-flatlogo-and-name_sm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Softraid-flatlogo-and-name_sm.png 360w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Softraid-flatlogo-and-name_sm-284x56.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Softraid-flatlogo-and-name_sm-190x37.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The SoftRAID update aligns OWC and Akitio for even smoother workflow for users.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>OWC&nbsp;announced that their new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softraid.com\">SoftRAID<\/a> 5.7.3 update will support the Akitio Thunder3 Quad X and Quad mini in the XT versions of SoftRAID. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The SoftRAID development team strives continuously to make SoftRAID the most robust software RAID solution available, and this new release is no exception. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owcdigital.com\/company\/press-releases\/owc-acquires-akitio\">OWC\u2019s recent acquisition of Akitio<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Standing, OWC\u2019s Vice President of Software Engineering &#8211; Mac, said: \u201cSoftRAID has supported users with Akitio enclosures for years now and can appreciate their quality construction and reliable performance. With OWC\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enhancements included with SoftRAID 5.7.3:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed an issue which caused the \u201cZero Sectors\u201d feature to fail on the second write, which can occur on NVMe blades having 4KB sectors and a maximum transfer size of 128KB.<\/li>\n<li>Changes the way that SoftRAID tool reports fatal errors, now writing to the SoftRAID.log rather than the system.log file.<\/li>\n<li>Adjusts the SoftRAID application, allowing users to disable the ThunderBay 6 registration notifications if they wish.<\/li>\n<li>Resolved certify window display issue showing \u201c15 minutes\u201d menu item twice for the duration of the random access test.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OWC\u2019s <strong>SoftRAID<\/strong>software RAID solution brings technology found only in data centers to workstations and editing bays. With five different RAID volume levels, SoftRAID has users covered &#8211; whether the emphasis is on the safety of your data, the speed of accessing that data or the best of both.<\/p>\n<p>SoftRAID 5.7.3 is a free update to users SoftRAID 5.0 and later. A free trial is available and SoftRAID can be purchased at <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softraid.com\/\">SoftRAID.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SoftRAID update aligns OWC and Akitio for even smoother workflow for users. 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