Raid 0 on sonnet tempo non pro

It appears that the Tempo card comes with an "extender plate to mount second SSD" in the package.

http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempossd.html#
Package Contents
Tempo SSD 6Gb/s SATA PCIe 2.0 Drive Card for SSDs
Extension plate (for mounting second SSD)
Plate and drive mounting screws
Documentation

Note: SSDs sold separately

The downloadable manual also shows the plate attached
http://www.sonnettech.com/support/downloads/manuals/tempo_ssd_qsg.pdf


The do have a new Tempo Pro Plus which appears to be the same as the old dual drive one with the addition of 2 external eSATA ports on the mounting bracket.



-howard

RoastingPig said:

I saw that but it also says that the max speed is 660mb/s which is way slower than other numbers I read on here for the pro version.

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It shows the Tempo as having a PCIe 2.0 x2 interface, while the Tempo Pro has a PCIe 2.0 x4 interface. That may be the reason for the speed limitation on the Tempo card.

RoastingPig said:

I just purchased the pro from owc...any idea what block size i should use...mostly working with 5-10gb video files..

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I just used the default when I set mine up some time ago ... didn't really know at the time. I would think a larger block size would be good, you might get a better idea from some of the video guys who frequent this board.

I wonder if Sonnet has resolved the issues of booting Windows on a Mac with this new version of the card. I initially wanted to have one SSD for OS X and the other for Windows on the previous version card, but quickly found out that Windows would not boot on a Mac from that card ... with or without OS X also present on the card. They are kind of cagey in the specs regarding Windows compatibility with only a Windows (BIOS) computer or a Mac Pro.

No, they didn't fix it yet. No boot manager, and can't boot Windows from it.

h9826790 said:

No, they didn't fix it yet. No boot manager, and can't boot Windows from it.

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Dang ... I would get one of the new Pro PLUS boards if they fixed that issue, and the 2 eSATA ports would be nice as well (although they appear to share the same controllers as the attached drives).