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SoftRAID 3 Compatibility

General Compatibility

• SoftRAID 3 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
• SoftRAID 3 supports SCSI, FireWIRE, ATA, Serial-ATA, Fibre Channel and USB and USB2 drives.
• SoftRAID 3 volumes are available via file sharing to others on network, including file sharing to Mac OS 9 clients.
• SoftRAID 3 is compatible with disk utilities such as Disk Warrior, Drive 10, Data Rescue, Tech Tool Pro.
• SoftRAID 3 allows you to modify disk utility CD-ROMs which contain Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Disk Warrior 3.2, Tech Tool Pro 4.03 and Drive 10 1.15 CD-ROMs are all compatible for modification.

Version 3 Limitations

• SoftRAID 3 volumes will not mount when booted in Mac OS 9.

PCI Card Compatibility

SoftRAID 3 is generally compatible with SCSI, ATA , SATA, FireWire, USB 2.0 and FibreChannel PCI cards. SoftRAID 3 is also compatible with built-in FireWire on G4/G5 computers, and built-in USB 2.0. If you have any doubts about a PCI card you want to use with SoftRAID 3, check with the manufacturer to see if they have an OS X compatible update for their products.

Drive Compatibility

SoftRAID 3 is compatible with all standard storage devices (disk drives) which operate on a supported storage bus - SCSI, ATA , SATA, FireWire, USB 2.0 and FibreChannel. Manufacturers we have tested with include:

• Maxtor
• Western Digital
• Seagate
• IBM
• Fujitsu

FireWire Compatibility

Note: SoftRAID 3 is compatible with FireWire drives sold today but is not recommended with older FireWire drives or the built in Firewire on older machines.

SoftRAID 3 is compatible with:

• FireWire drives/enclosures equipped with the "Oxford", "Initio" or "Ti" chipsets.

SoftRAID 3 is not compatible with:

• the first generation FireWire drives which use the "LSI chipset". The LSI chipset has serious problems with reliability under heavy load and devices using this chipset and will cause I/O errors.
• FireWire buses on all Power Macintosh G3 CPU's. You can use Firewire on a G3 if you purchase a FireWire PCI card that supports Lynx.