Hi there. I'm looking for Raid controller for my PowerMac G5 2.0. I fed up with software raid. I have 2x2TB hard drives and constantly loosing one slice. Decided to buy a hardware raid card but cant find the proper one. I know i need a PCI-express but not sure which one model exactly. Any suggestions.
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G5 Dual 2.0 and Raid Controller
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PCI-X is not the same as PCI Express/PCIe. This is a last gen PMG5 that takes DDR2 RAM and has a dual-core processor, yes?
Maybe google "PCi-e raid controller for Mac"?
Thats what I would do if I wanted to find out about something. Try out self reliance at least once. It's great.
The one thing I will suggest is to get a FirmTek card. They are pretty much the only company that still makes SATA and RAID cards for Mac and you would see that in a search.
Thats what I would do if I wanted to find out about something. Try out self reliance at least once. It's great.
The one thing I will suggest is to get a FirmTek card. They are pretty much the only company that still makes SATA and RAID cards for Mac and you would see that in a search.
If you have spare SATA port
then you can have a 100% hardware raid up to five drives, support 3TB hdd.
http://www.amazon.com/multiplier-ha...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1311795857&sr=1-1
You may need a female to male SATA adapter here:
https://www.eio.com/p-27074-bytecc-sata-90mf-sata-male-to-sata-female-adapter.aspx
and a PCI braket
http://www.datoptic.com/pci-to-scsi-1-bracket-adapter.html
then you can have a 100% hardware raid up to five drives, support 3TB hdd.
http://www.amazon.com/multiplier-ha...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1311795857&sr=1-1
You may need a female to male SATA adapter here:
https://www.eio.com/p-27074-bytecc-sata-90mf-sata-male-to-sata-female-adapter.aspx
and a PCI braket
http://www.datoptic.com/pci-to-scsi-1-bracket-adapter.html
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I know you assume that if someone ask a question here never checks google for possible answers. Well i did and come here to small community of people who share powerpc experience with other people when i could't find satisfying answers elsewhere.
anyway i got my answers i neede and im really happy about that. Don't really need to read obvious stuff. Thank you for everyone who assume that i have IQ higher then 70 and i've already did research and gave me good info
. Thank You