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OWC With SoftRAID Lite and SoftRAID-5.1 Software for El Capitan

$49 and $179 respectively

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on November 17, 2015 at 3:14 pm

Other World Computing, Inc. (OWC) announced the availability of two versions of SoftRAID, the software RAID solution.

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SoftRAID Lite is a software RAID solution supporting RAID-0 and RAID-1 and includes powerful drive health monitoring. The company also announced that SoftRAID-5.1, an enhanced version of the full-featured SoftRAID-5 solution, will now be included with the ThunderBay 4 RAID-5 edition.

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SoftRAID Lite
Until the release of Apple OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), Mac users who wanted to create a software RAID had been able to do so by using the Disk Utility application included with OS X. However, El Capitan removes that functionality from Disk Utility. Unless they have SoftRAID Lite, El Capitan users will now need to create and manage software RAIDs by using Terminal commands, a more tedious process than what was possible through Disk Utility.

SoftRAID Lite brings back RAID creation and management in an easy-to-use utility, and it serves as a professional utility for establishing and managing RAID-0 and RAID-1 arrays.

SoftRAID Lite provides these key features:

  • Create and manage software RAID-0 and 1 arrays

  • Enterprise drive health monitoring

  • Predictive disk-failure analysis

  • Certification of drives prior to setting up a new array

  • Desktop notifications of drive health and status.

SoftRAID Lite users will also have access to the SoftRAID Forum, a new knowledge base that will be the primary source of technical support for SoftRAID Lite.

SoftRAID Version 5.1
More functionality, including the creation and management of RAID modes 4, 5, and 1+0, and e-mail status alerts, is available in the latest version of SoftRAID-5, version 5.1. It combines advanced RAID modes, high performance, enterprise monitoring, e-mail notifications, and fast rebuild capabilities that only a software RAID can deliver.

ThunderBay 4 mini RAID

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ThunderBay 4 + SoftRAID = Otherworldly Performance
ThunderBay 4 RAID and ThunderBay 4 mini RAID, company’s production four-bay drive RAIDs, are powered by the SoftRAID-5 engine and utilize Thunderbolt 2 technology for capacity and performance that enables workflows without limitations. The ThunderBay 4 is optimized for HDDs with up to 32TB, while the ThunderBay 4 mini is optimized for SSDs with up to 8TB.

“We’re constantly evolving, always working to give our customers the most advanced solutions,” said Larry O’Connor, founder and CEO, OWC. “SoftRAID Lite and SoftRAID-5.1 build on an already amazing product to further enhance the revolutionary SoftRAID engine, and combined with the OWC ThunderBay 4 line, our customers will experience outstanding performance, reliability, and flexibility.“

Availability and pricing:

  • SoftRAID Lite is available from the company’s web site for $49.

  • SoftRAID version 5.1 is available for same day shipping from the company’s web site. SoftRAID version 5.1 is an update, and is available to all registered users of SoftRAID-5.x at no charge.

  • SoftRAID version 5.1 is included with ThunderBay 4 RAID and ThunderBay 4 mini RAID. The products are available for same day shipping from the company.

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