Switching Bays on Mac Pro

[smitha96]

Hi, I want to put my 500gb Maxtor in bay 1 (currently in bay 3) and then my two raid 0 drives (2x250gb seagate) in bays 2 and 3 (currently in bays 1 and 2). There shouldn't be any problems as long as the computer is OFF, correct?

Thanks,
Alex

 

[princealfie]

Hi, I want to put my 500gb Maxtor in bay 1 (currently in bay 3) and then my two raid 0 drives (2x250gb seagate) in bays 2 and 3 (currently in bays 1 and 2). There shouldn't be any problems as long as the computer is OFF, correct?

Thanks,
Alex

Yep, they are all interchangeable.

 

[pengu]

can i ask why?

also, im not sure if OSX uses the Channel #/ID for striped/mirrored raid sets..?

 

[princealfie]

can i ask why?

also, im not sure if OSX uses the Channel #/ID for striped/mirrored raid sets..?

Yes, Tiger supports RAID and you can configure accordingly.

 

[pengu]

Yes, Tiger supports RAID and you can configure accordingly.

Ok, what i actually meant was, if the RAID0 is for his OS, and the raidset needs to be updated manually to reference the new channel ref/ID, he wont be able to do so, as the system won't boot.

 

[twoodcc]

yeah i don't understand why you would want to do this anyways

 

[Schroedinger]

I'm guessing as to this guys reasoning, but I remember reading something about how the best airflow over the hard drives was best in bays 2 and 3, and that bays 1 and 4 tended to get warmer. If that RAID is doing a lot of work, he may want the cooling benefits of that location.