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June 24, 2008

SoftRAID, LLC announces the release and immediate shipment of SoftRAID 3.6.7.

Mill Valley, CA

SoftRAID LLC is pleased to announce the release of version 3.6.7 of their RAID software for Mac OS X. With this release, we continue to deliver the best software RAID solution for the Mac. This version introduces a new driver mechanism which always stores two copies of the RAID header information for each volume. In the unlikely event that the RAID header gets corrupted, the driver can now use the backup copy to correctly mount the volume. In addition, this version adds several fixes for problems which our users found during the first few months of using Leopard.

During the first six months that Leopard shipped, SoftRAID engineers worked at recovering many RAID volumes (both AppleRAID and SoftRAID) for customers where the RAID header information had been corrupted. In all cases, the user was using Leopard on an Intel Mac. This corruption occurred about 1 out of 10 million times the RAID header was written to the disk. SoftRAID engineers were determined to prevent this from happening to SoftRAID volumes any more. The driver was modified to maintain a backup copy of the RAID header for each volume. If the SoftRAID driver determines that one of the RAID headers is invalid, it can use the backup copy instead. This new feature adds increased reliability to all SoftRAID volumes and is introduced in version 3.6.7.

This version also improves compatibility with professional applications like FinalCut Pro and Aperture when running Leopard. SoftRAID 3.6.7 further improves the reliability of starting both Intel and PowerPC Macs running Leopard.

SoftRAID continues to be the most cost effective method and reliable method of providing both real-time and off-site backup for busy professionals, small businesses and server administrators. No other backup solution combines the ability to seamlessly recover from hardware failures without stopping work with the most reliable form of offsite backup. In addition, SoftRAID users don't have to worry about the data corruption issues which plague other solutions like TimeMachine.

For more information about SoftRAID 3.6.7, and for review copies, contact us at sales@softraid.com

The SoftRAID 3.6.7 release is a free electronic upgrade to all 3.x owners. The SoftRAID 3.6.7 electronic download is $129 and the retail CD is $149, both available from the SoftRAID website and retail outlets worldwide.

About SoftRAID, LLC.

SoftRAID, LLC is headquartered in Mill Valley, California, and has dedicated itself to developing high quality applications for Mac OS.