Apple Releases Apple RAID Card (Early 2009) Firmware Update 1.1

[MacRumors]

Apple today released Apple RAID Card (Early 2009) Firmware Update 1.1, bringing several updates for the company's RAID card offered as an option on the Mac Pro and Xserve. The update is recommended for all Early 2009 Mac Pros and Xserves using the Apple RAID card.

This update provides several fixes, including:

- Reliability improvements during boot and power fail recovery
- Improves handling of hard drives with bad blocks
- Improves RAID 1 read performance
- Improves hard drive compatibility with non-Apple drives
- Improves support for systems with 48GB or larger memory
- Improves battery handling and reporting

Additional information is available in Apple's support document on the update.

The update weighs in at 25.9 MB and requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later. Apple released a similar update for earlier Mac Pro and Xserve models last month.

Article Link: Apple Releases Apple RAID Card (Early 2009) Firmware Update 1.1

 

[tseitz89]

"Improves support for systems with 48GB or larger memory "


That's weird the latest Mac Pro only supports up to 32GB? New Mac Pro soon?!?!?

Edit: Xserve can have up to 48GB, but not with 10.5

 

[Dr.Pants]

Maybe RAM manufacturers are going to roll out some larger-capacity DIMMs. AFAIK, the amount of RAM a system can hold is mainly dependent on the memory controller.... Or Apple is thinking about supporting some of their hardware in the long-term when those high-capacity DIMMs start finding their way into machines.

 

[Cynicalone]

Hopefully this will improve performance with Snow Leopard. I doubt it since it is aimed at 10.5.8 or later...