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Some users might want to purchase a one meter or two meter cable for positioning the unit further away from the computer. OWC supplies a 0.5 meter Thunderbolt 3 cable with the ThunderBay 8 this requires placing the unit quite close to the computer. So a two-meter cable is in order for users like myself. Still, for my own usage, I would want to locate the OWC ThunderBay 8 under my desk (as I do with my OWC Thunderbay 6 and OWC Thunderbay 4 units)-they are not silent and I prefer to get as close to silence as possible.
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At an inch or so away from the front of the OWC ThunderBay 8, noise levels measure 53 dB, dropping to 46 dB a foot away, according to the DecibelXP Pro app on my iPhone 7 Plus. Moreover, the noise is not in any way unpleasant as to frequency and such-just a steady 'white' fan noise, and the Toshiba 6TB drives mixed into that. OWC has done a strong job in minimizing noise while maintaining excellent cooling. It is also wise to use a data integrity validation program like diglloydTools Integrit圜hecker.
#Softraid vs softraid xt software
Note that RAID of any kind is NOT A BACKUP and should NEVER be counted on fully, because theft/fire/flood, hackers and viruses, user error, and software bugs are other risks. Perhaps at some point SoftRAID might offer RAID-6, which could survive failure of two drives. With the modest 12% reduction in speed with RAID-5, the smart move is to use RAID-5, which can survive failure of one of the eight drives. For that reason, an eight drive RAID-0 stripe configuration should not be used unless rigorous backup procedures are in place. With eight drives, the chances of a single drive failure are significant over time. * JBOD = Just a Bunch Of Disks, meaning each drive is seen independently. For example, in an 128TB unit, it is possible to configure eight separate volumes each itself a RAID-0 or RAID-5 and so on, all sharing the same drives. Partitioning can be done whether using RAID is used or not. Many other configurations of RAID are possible in total mix and match of RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5/RAID-4, RAID1+0 or individual drives.
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OWC ships the unit as a single large volume in RAID-5 configuration, a wise choice with 8 drives. The JBOD approach is flexible in that it allows RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID 1+0 and RAID-4 or RAID-5 or six independent drives or any combination of these. The Thunderbay is a JBOD* solution (not a hardware RAID): the system sees all drives individually and thus it can be utilized that way using Apple’s Disk Utility (not advised) or preferably SoftRAID.
#Softraid vs softraid xt drivers
Plug-and-play ready: no drivers needed and includes Thunderbolt 3 cable.
#Softraid vs softraid xt for mac
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