Tim Standing – SoftRAID, Storage, and Pizza

Tim Standing, VP Software Engineering at OWC, understands every creative’s nightmare.







Disaster strikes and you lose a massive amount of your precious work. It could be fire, flood, ransomware, or even something as common as a failed drive. SoftRAID warns us of an impending drive failure, and although it can't predict earthquakes, we can rest easy knowing that we are protected.



OWC RADiO Host, Cirina Catania, interviews the man who’s made it his career-long passion to protect your work. We sleep better knowing Tim Standing and his team have our back. After listening to this interview, we think you’ll feel better too.



You’ll learn:



* Peek under the hood and learn how SoftRAID is designed to protect your work and make you more productive.* The best combination of on-site and off-site storage to keep your work safe.* How to choose between RAID 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or even 6+.* What is the secret to creating the perfect pizza dough? 



Tim Standing has been writing drivers and storage utilities for Mac OS since 1986. He is the creator of SoftRAID for macOS and is currently VP of Software Development at Other World Computing, Inc.



In the past year, Tim has added APFS support to SoftRAID as well as two additional RAID levels: RAID 6 and 6+. He has also patented a write acceleration technique, which enables the write speed RAID volumes to be as fast as the read speed. Tim's team is responsible for SoftRAID, OWC Dock Ejector, and all the Mac drivers and utilities, which make OWC products so exceptional.



And, he’s recently installed a dedicated pizza oven in his house and has already made about 500 pies for himself, friends, and family. In short, when it comes to storage and pizza, this man knows what he’s talking about!



So get comfortable. Grab a slice. And let’s dig into the details of how to keep our nightmares at bay so you can stay focused on dreaming up our next big idea.



For more information on Standing's recent talks at MacSysAdmin:



SOFTRAID: HIGH-PERFORMANCE STORAGE• http://docs.macsysadmin.se/2019/video/Day2Session7.mp4



WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FILE?• http://docs.macsysadmin.se/2019/video/Day4Session5.mp4



For more information about OWC RADiO's host, Cirina Catania:



• http://www.cirinacatania.com



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In This Episode



* 00:08 - Cirina introduces Tim Standing, VP Software Engineering, at OWC.* 05:30 - Tim talks about the comparison between RAID 4 and RAID 5’s distributed parity information distribution.* 11:10 - Tim explains the three ways SoftRAID can protect your data.* 15:32 - Tim shares one of SoftRAID’s features inspired by one of Google’s studies in 2007...