SoftRAID Lite
for Mac and Windows
The better and simpler way to RAID
SoftRAID is the powerful yet easy-to-use software RAID platform that maximizes drive capacity, offers faster performance, and protects against data loss. It’s ideal for voluminous data roles including audio/video production and editing, photography, graphic design, database servers, financial applications, and more.
SoftRAID Lite for Mac
SoftRAID Lite for Windows
Easy RAID creation
SoftRAID guides you through RAID volume creation, helping you decide what RAID system suits you best. Don’t want your volume any more? SoftRAID helps you safely delete it without risking your data.
*In a RAID 0 configuration, one failed drive results in a total loss of data. Only RAID levels with redundancy (1, 4, 5, 6, 6+, 10) can support the loss of one or more drives.
New! SoftRAID for Windows
Share SoftRAID 0, 1 volumes between Mac and Windows
For the first time ever SoftRAID Lite enables you to share SoftRAID volumes between a Mac and a PC. Built with MacDrive (another OWC brand), SoftRAID Lite allows you to create, read, and write HFS+ RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets on both macOS and Windows computers. Sharing data between Macs and PCs has never been easier.
SoftRAID Disk Protection – Before, During and After
Before – SoftRAID’s Disk Certification writes data to disks and then reads and verifies that data making sure every sector on the disk is reliable. This process makes sure your disk is in top shape before you save your first file.
During – SoftRAID’s Volume Validation can validate a volume to ensure all sectors of the disk are readable and all parity data is accurate. Think of it like checking the pressure on your spare tire; if you get a flat you have the peace of mind that your spare is ready to go.
During – SoftRAID’s Verify feature lets you test your disks without destroying any of the information on the volume. Verifying a disk ensures that it can be read without errors.
During – SoftRAID is always on guard monitoring your disks and volumes for errors. Whether your logged in working or logged off, SoftRAID is quietly, efficiently checking your disks. You won’t even notice, but you appreciate the peace of mind knowing your data is always being looked after. Should a disk develop a problem, SoftRAID alerts you so that you can investigate.
After – If you disk fails, and all disks will eventually fail, SoftRAID rebuilds your RAID in a fraction of the time it would take a hardware RAID to complete the same task, sparing you from significant downtime when you’re ready to upgrade or replace a drive.
SoftRAID makes you SMARTER
Don’t just rely on S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) to learn if your data is at risk. SoftRAID goes further by constantly monitoring your disks with a combination of S.M.A.R.T. attributes along with its own I/O statistics. This deeper disk health analysis provides a much richer data set to predict potential problems before you lose data.
Unchains Hardware RAID Limitations
SoftRAID unchains you from expensive hardware RAID technology that’s not upgradeable or expandable. With SoftRAID, you can spread volumes over two or more drive enclosures for mind-boggling performance over a single hardware RAID device. Additionally, SoftRAID utilizes your computer’s advanced processing power versus the slow processors found in most hardware RAID enclosures. The result is a fast and flexible RAID array that has negligible impact on your computer system or applications.
Perhaps the biggest advantage of SoftRAID over a hardware RAID is that it you’re not locked into specific hardware in order to access your data. With SoftRAID, you can replace a bad enclosure or upgrade to a new enclosure, the drives can then be moved, and you can access your data without skipping a beat. In contrast, if a hardware RAID system fails and it’s out of production or is no longer supported, all the data could be lost!
Improving a proven history
For over 25 years, SoftRAID has been the most fully featured, robust, and powerful software RAID solution available for macOS. Now, for the first time ever, it’s available for Windows users too!
SoftRAID makes it easier to maintain mission-critical workflows which saves you time and money. With SoftRAID, you’re no longer locked into expensive hardware RAID technology that’s not upgradeable or expandable.
OWC hardware and software teams work together daily to create unmatched and
powerful RAID solutions that deliver the lighting fast speed and rock-solid protection
our demanding customers rely on.
Losing data can be catastrophic. That is why users turn to RAID solutions to
manage and preserve critical work and personal files. Packed with features like active predictive disk failure monitoring and multiple array volume spanning, SoftRAID gives you the flexibility to accomplish things faster than ever before, all the while knowing your data is protected from start to finish.
