8 core 2TB limit ??? wasnt 4TB ??

[goncaloproenca]

Hi there,

Im close on buying a MacPro 8 core : the 2.8, on the apple store UK.

link is :

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FA970B/A

The thing is , I thought this was latest generation ( 8 core, that is 2 x 4 cores ) and these babies could run up to 4TB in storage ( 1TB per bay x 4 ) instead of the 2.66 quad cores which had a max of 2TB storage ( 500mb x4 )

The problem is it says on the ad that the max of storage is 2TB ( 500mb per bay x 4 ). Is it a type or real ? Is this a model that I dont know ? ( I used Powerbooks / Imacs, going to be my first MacPRO ) I wanted to buy a couple of 1TB Black Caviar drives for it, but which is the limit ?

Cheers

 

[mward333]

Hi there,

Im close on buying a MacPro 8 core : the 2.8, on the apple store UK.

link is :

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FA970B/A

The thing is , I thought this was latest generation ( 8 core, that is 2 x 4 cores ) and these babies could run up to 4TB in storage ( 1TB per bay x 4 ) instead of the 2.66 quad cores which had a max of 2TB storage ( 500mb x4 )

The problem is it says on the ad that the max of storage is 2TB ( 500mb per bay x 4 ). Is it a type or real ? Is this a model that I dont know ? ( I used Powerbooks / Imacs, going to be my first MacPRO ) I wanted to buy a couple of 1TB Black Caviar drives for it, but which is the limit ?

Cheers

Hello there--I've got 4 TB of disks in my Mac Pro (see my sig). I bought 4 of the 1 TB Seagate drives, and I think that they are very reliable, and they are extremely quiet. I'm a very satisfied customer. They were easy to install. Buy them and enjoy, if you have a need for such large disks! I do statistics research (I'm a professor), and I routinely process 100 GB of data at once, so having large disks is crucial for my research.

 

[Umbongo]

It's just an error. There are no artificial limits and you can put any SATA drive in.

 

[Mackilroy]

The thing is , I thought this was latest generation ( 8 core, that is 2 x 4 cores ) and these babies could run up to 4TB in storage ( 1TB per bay x 4 ) instead of the 2.66 quad cores which had a max of 2TB storage ( 500mb x4 )

The 2.66 GHz Mac Pros can utilize just as much storage as the new machines. If the max on each bay were 500 GB neither of my 750 GB drives would work.

When the 1.5 TB drives come out later you can pop four of those in for 6 TB of storage.

 

[Firefly2002]

You can have 400 TB in there.... just as soon as they come out with 100 TB drives

 

[supercooled]

Hello there--I've got 4 TB of disks in my Mac Pro (see my sig). I bought 4 of the 1 TB Seagate drives, and I think that they are very reliable, and they are extremely quiet. I'm a very satisfied customer. They were easy to install. Buy them and enjoy, if you have a need for such large disks! I do statistics research (I'm a professor), and I routinely process 100 GB of data at once, so having large disks is crucial for my research.

May I ask what it is you're researching? 100GB data sounds like you're studying the latest Hubble images.

 

[Firefly2002]

May I ask what it is you're researching? 100GB data sounds like you're studying the latest Hubble images.

Wow... I didn't even notice that. 100 GB will be a staggering amount to process even in ten years, I'd wager...