raid

So as not to muddy the New BootROM 138.0.0.0.0... thread w/ more of this offshoot, I hoped I might solicit some advice about this TRIM issue in a new thread. Basically, I have a pair of SSUBX 512GB blades in a RAID1 mirror in a server. The read speed after the firmware update (and using Slots 2...

hi you all, i recently tried to use 2x sm951 512go via pci-express to built a raid 0 on my macpro 5,1, but can't make it through; i've tried two ways, raid 0, then restore from time machine, the restore was complet, but can't restart normally, it goes to have process with logo, then restart...

I am familiar at a baseline level with the benefits of using mSATA SSD in a Mac Pro in PCIe to speed system, especially when setup as a RAID 0. I currently have 2 x Anandtech PCIe 4-lane 4-Port mSATA SSD RAID Cards installed. So I have a total of 8 mSATA SSDs across two different PCIe lanes...

I need to make some more room for video editing projects, and was considering purchasing HGST 8TB or Seagate 8TB NAS drives (e.g. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822146142&ignorebbr=1) I've heard that these should work best for RAID systems — wondering if they work in the...

Hello, First time post, unsure if I have it in the right section. I brought a OWC thunderbolt external hard drive, with 4 bays running thunderbolt 2 almost 4 years ago. Has worked like a charm. When I got it, I re-formatted the 4x 5TB hard drives that came with it, using Mac OSX at the time...

Hi all, I'm considering setting up a RAID0 system, using 3 / 4 disks, through a combination of a JBOD enclosure and software RAID, either MacOS's own software or SoftRAID. Would any of you have insights concerning the following? 1 Am I correct to I believe you can use any JBOD enclosure...

Migrating a 3,1 to a 5,1. The 3,1 has an Apple RAID Card managing two SAS drives. Want to know if I can bring it over to the 5,1 -- which has two 4GB drives in two different bays. How do I configure it?

I have a Thunderbay 4 with 4 x 4TB in Raid 5 (Giving me 12TB external storage). Since forever I have always partitioned my disks/arrays - so I have a partition for "Work" with all my work related files and projects on it, a partition for "Media" with all music, films and photos etc, a...

I have a Mid-2010 Mac Pro with an Apple RAID Card and a RAID 5 array. On occasion, the system has trouble booting from it's RAID 5 array. The bootup issues have historically been overcome by holding down Option and selecting the boot drive. This computer is listed as compatible for the...

Hey all, I've been to the Genius Bar twice about this along with posting on the Apple discussion forums and haven't had any luck so far. Hopefully someone here might know something I can try. I'm upgrading my hard drive. I have the new hard drive in a separate enclosure and the Time Machine...

This is my first time on the forum so greetings to you all! I have a late 2012 iMac who's 3TB HDD failed. I decided I'd rather have the speed than extra storage so I'm replacing it with a 1TB SSD. I will now have 128G flash + 1TB SSD. Seeing as how a fusion drive no longer makes sense, what...

recently started using a late 2013 mbp for casual editing in fcpx and noticed, it performs much better probably down to it running off a ssd. So what I'd like to do is raid 2 or 3 ssds and make the 4tb raid my new home directory - is using a raid ok as a home directory? The boot drive is a...

Would love some experienced advice on this. Background: I'm a photographer with very large Lightroom photo libraries and perform high-end retouching in Photoshop. I shoot most weekends and spend very little time deleting unwanted shots, needing to focus my available time on the selected shots...

I'm going to make a new Mac server and want it to have raid. But the isn't a "server-version" of the Mac mini and I can't see any Mac mini config with raid. So I thought, why not a Mac Pro, it must have raid and the bonus that it has more CPU-power. But I can't seem to find any info, that Mac...

Hi guys! I'm sorry if this is noob-like, but I'm not too knowledgable on processors for video editing, so could do with some pointers. I currently use Final Cut X to edit 4K video on my mid-2010 Mac Pro (big silver tower). I have a Quad Core Xeon 2.8GHz with 16GB RAM and a Radeon HD5770...

Has anyone ever managed to get the Mac Pro RAID card working under Windows? I am looking to switch to Windows 7 on my Mac Pro (not wishing to use the latest versions of OS X), and I'd love to do so while still maintaining the ability to use my Mac Pro RAID card for full speed access to my...

Hi there, I am about to do a big upgrade to my computer storage. I am a videographer and I work with a lot of high resolution footage for editing. I was just looking for some advice about which direction to go for the upgrade. I am currently using a USB 3.0 4-Bay Raid tower (Raid 5) 4 x 4TB...

Hi, I'm looking to buy a cheap Mac Pro 5,1 from ebay soon and wanted to add some fast storage to it. I was looking into the Newertech MAXPower RAID Mini SAS 6G2e card to give me 2 external SAS connectors to plug in up to 8 drives. This was all great in my head until I realised I'd neglected...

A recent post by yet another user whose RAID 5 array failed and due to unautomated backups is now facing a huge bill to recover missing data from a data recovery company that led me to create this thread. Too many companies and IT professionals haven't had this drilled into them enough and as a...

early MacPro 3,1 with RAID card and 2 15k rpm drives. Want to toss this RAID card so bad. Sorry I ever got it. That being said, if I yank out the RAID card can I still use the two 15k drives? One for OS and other for Logic, say? I'm assuming there are cables connecting each to RAID? How...