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RAID 5 Speed Increase with More or Larger HDDs?
I've been trying to confirm or deny if a RAID 5 performance increases with more or larger drives. For this discussion, I am referring to HDDs so no SSDs. I recently purchased an 8-bay enclosure and plan to utilize 4, 5 or 6 of the bays for a RAID 5. (1) Is there a performance increase read...- Average Pro
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Convert to APFS
I wish to reformat my HDDs (2x 1 TB WD) from the OS Extended (Journaled) format to the new APFS, and to make a stripped RAID with these disks. One of these disks is currently my boot drive. The machine is the Mac Pro 5,1 Tower (not a flashed 4,1), running High Sierra. Blackmagic shows that I...