Need help with RAID 5 on a Mac

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Need help with RAID 5 on a Mac

by ajmac Nov 9, 2011 4:48AM PST

I have an OWC 4 TB RAID 5 hooked up to a Mac Mini running Lion. It is used to back up all my CDs and rips of my DVDs to use as a media server for my home theater. Despite having RAID 5, all my data is lost due to a drive failure. I have since learned that despite RAID 5, I still need to back up. My question is this, does anyone here have any suggestions for diagnostic software to warn of impending RAID/hard drive crashes? I have seen SoftRAID (does not work with RAID 5), Speed Tools and a few others. All seem to just use SMART, but I could be wrong. I want something that can run a regular diagnostic on my RAID and hopefully prevent this disaster in the future. And yes, I am now making a regular back up also.

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you lost all your data from a drive failure

by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Nov 9, 2011 5:24AM PST

in RAID 5?

How come?

good idea on the backup, it's not to another HD, hopefully

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RAID 5 loss

by ajmac Nov 15, 2011 7:36AM PST

P,

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Now I see it

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 19, 2011 1:27PM PST

http://www.macsales.com/ is well, a marketer of products. I don't see them as an app or hardware developer.

Maybe Apple's very own servers are best here. Apple's monitoring is legendary.
Bob

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r. proffitt · Accepted Answer · Nov 14, 2011 1:20AM PST

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Did you look at the DROBO?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 14, 2011 1:20AM PST

And what did OWC have to say about monitoring apps for the RAID?
Bob

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