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SoftRAID is an easy to use yet powerful app that can perform disk tests and point out the ones that have errors. In addition, you can use the app to quickly create and validate RAID volumes. SoftRAID is a great tool to have around if you want to check if all sectors from a disk are readable: if the app detects any errors the disk might fail in the near future. Furthermore, SoftRAID also makes it as easy as possible for you to validate the volumes associated to your disks.

SoftRAID is able to detected all available volumes, and lets you know which disk is used in each case. This way you can see if a volume is using a disk that presents errors.

Using, SoftRAID you will be able to see the volume name, size, free space, type, if it is a RAID volume, when it was created, when it was last validated, the volume ID, and the i/o requests and errors. SoftRAID's unique RAID features protect your files by alerting you to impending disk failure, and provide fast data access. Even better? If a disk does fail suddenly, you can carry right on working so you don't lose your files, or miss your deadline! (RAID levels 1, 4, 5 and 1+0,) With software RAID your data can be split across different enclosures for complete redundancy - one enclosure can completely stop working and your data is still ok. With hardware RAID, if the enclosure fails, you can lose all your data. With cheaper hardware RAID you can also lose data if there’s a power outage.

Many people wrongly view software RAID as a less powerful, cheap solution. Expensive hardware RAID solutions are not automatically superior, often containing chips less powerful than in a standard laptop. In fact, a majority of companies who spend over $10,000 on RAID solutions choose software RAID for flexibility and value. Those companies have already shown where their confidence lies.