Use Areca Raid Card with mac pro 4,1? Where is the mini-sas?

[Helloha]

Hi,

I'm coming from a hackintosh and on that system I used an Areca 1222 raid card connected to the internal backplane via the mini sas ports on the card.

I was hoping to use the same raid card on the mac pro 4,1 that I just bought, but I can't seem to find the mini-sas ports on the motherboard.

Am I able to use this raid card in this system? I do find pictures of older mac pro's with mini sas ports on the motherboard. But not this 4,1 model I think?

Any suggestions?

Cheers!
K.

 

[Helloha]

Hi,

I'm coming from a hackintosh and on that system I used an Areca 1222 raid card connected to the internal backplane via the mini sas ports on the card.

I was hoping to use the same raid card on the mac pro 4,1 that I just bought, but I can't seem to find the mini-sas ports on the motherboard.

Am I able to use this raid card in this system? I do find pictures of older mac pro's with mini sas ports on the motherboard. But not this 4,1 model I think?

Any suggestions?

Cheers!
K.

So after more reading I discovered the sata backplane is directly connected to the motherboard. So no mini-sas cable to swap.

I guess I will be experimenting with an internal ZFS raid volume and an ssd in the optical drive.

K.

 

[666sheep]

If you want speed stick with Areca and check Maxupgrades backplane for 2009-2012.

 

[Helloha]

If you want speed stick with Areca and check Maxupgrades backplane for 2009-2012.

Are there any downsides to using an apple raid card? I don't need 6Gbps because I'm using mechanical hard drives anyway. I can find them on ebay for €60-€80.

But I did notice the replacement batteries tend to be quite expensive...

Cheers,
K.

 

[666sheep]

Are there any downsides to using an apple raid card?

1st:

But I did notice the replacement batteries tend to be quite expensive...

2nd:
Batteries don't last long

3rd: ARCs don't support >2TB drives

Your Areca is much better card.