I have recently been building a functional MP5,1 (an upgraded 4,1) from a non-working rig I scooped up a few years ago which I have been tinkering with and throwing parts at until it eventually worked.
Since getting it working (after 2x Backplane replacements, and now a spare PSU and CPU tray)...
What PCIe mini-SAS HBA (host bus adapter) cards are supported on a Mac Pro (mid 2010; 5,1)?
I'm thinking about using an older LTO tape drive to back up the internal disks of my cMP and most of the external tape drives have mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8088). Looking for an older HBA card, since the...