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Resolved Synology RAID Expansion Not Using New Drive Space
So I recently purchased a Synology DS517 to expand our DS1817+. I did everything properly on the Synology side and have it showing the increased space of ~90 TB up from the old ~50 TB. The problem now lies on the Mac OS side of things because it's only showing the old 50 TB size. Here's a...- itsthenewdc
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- apfs apfs container disk utility raid synology
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- Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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Server RAID5: SAS/SATA vs. NVMe
Sometimes there are just too many good options... :P I am developing a plan for a Mac Pro server for a client of mine, and have been planning an SSD RAID5 for the main data store. I was liking this pretty cool solution from MaxUpgrades that situates 4 SAS or SATA SSDs in an optical bay, and... -
RocketRAID 642L in 10.13 High Sierra?
Looked around but cannot find much on this. Does anyone have experience w/ or knowledge about the Highpoint RocketRAID 642L under High Sierra? The Highpoint site has drivers v4.13.2, but the readme only specifies up to 10.12. -
Follow-up: TRIM supported SSDs in Snow Leopard RAID1?
So as not to muddy the New BootROM 138.0.0.0.0... thread w/ more of this offshoot, I hoped I might solicit some advice about this TRIM issue in a new thread. Basically, I have a pair of SSUBX 512GB blades in a RAID1 mirror in a server. The read speed after the firmware update (and using Slots 2... -
raid 0 problem on mac pro 5,1
hi you all, i recently tried to use 2x sm951 512go via pci-express to built a raid 0 on my macpro 5,1, but can't make it through; i've tried two ways, raid 0, then restore from time machine, the restore was complet, but can't restart normally, it goes to have process with logo, then restart...- parisinvest
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- raid raid 0 raid 0 with m.2 raid 0 with sm951
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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PCIe Card w/ 8 x mSATA SSDs Installed Directly?
I am familiar at a baseline level with the benefits of using mSATA SSD in a Mac Pro in PCIe to speed system, especially when setup as a RAID 0. I currently have 2 x Anandtech PCIe 4-lane 4-Port mSATA SSD RAID Cards installed. So I have a total of 8 mSATA SSDs across two different PCIe lanes... -
Are Desktop NAS drives appropriate for Mac Pro 5,1 Internal RAID?
I need to make some more room for video editing projects, and was considering purchasing HGST 8TB or Seagate 8TB NAS drives (e.g. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822146142&ignorebbr=1) I've heard that these should work best for RAID systems — wondering if they work in the... -
Raid Hard Drive Help
Hello, First time post, unsure if I have it in the right section. I brought a OWC thunderbolt external hard drive, with 4 bays running thunderbolt 2 almost 4 years ago. Has worked like a charm. When I got it, I re-formatted the 4x 5TB hard drives that came with it, using Mac OSX at the time... -
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Software RAID using JBOD enclosure?
Hi all, I'm considering setting up a RAID0 system, using 3 / 4 disks, through a combination of a JBOD enclosure and software RAID, either MacOS's own software or SoftRAID. Would any of you have insights concerning the following? 1 Am I correct to I believe you can use any JBOD enclosure...- hieronymuspool
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- jbod nle proxy raid raw softraid video video editing
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- Forum: Digital Video
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Mac Pro 3,1 Apple RAID Card to 5,1?
Migrating a 3,1 to a 5,1. The 3,1 has an Apple RAID Card managing two SAS drives. Want to know if I can bring it over to the 5,1 -- which has two 4GB drives in two different bays. How do I configure it? -
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Partitioning/backup with big array and NAS?
I have a Thunderbay 4 with 4 x 4TB in Raid 5 (Giving me 12TB external storage). Since forever I have always partitioned my disks/arrays - so I have a partition for "Work" with all my work related files and projects on it, a partition for "Media" with all music, films and photos etc, a...- spiritlevel
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- backup nas partitioning raid
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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My experience trying to install High Sierra on Mac Pro with Hardware RAID
I have a Mid-2010 Mac Pro with an Apple RAID Card and a RAID 5 array. On occasion, the system has trouble booting from it's RAID 5 array. The bootup issues have historically been overcome by holding down Option and selecting the boot drive. This computer is listed as compatible for the...- jer2eydevil88
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- high sierra (mac os 10.13) mac pro (2010) raid
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Trouble restoring from Time Machine on a RAID device
Hey all, I've been to the Genius Bar twice about this along with posting on the Apple discussion forums and haven't had any luck so far. Hopefully someone here might know something I can try. I'm upgrading my hard drive. I have the new hard drive in a separate enclosure and the Time Machine...- gsoria
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- mavericks raid time machine time machine problems
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- Forum: OS X Mavericks (10.9)
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What to do with my two SSD's
This is my first time on the forum so greetings to you all! I have a late 2012 iMac who's 3TB HDD failed. I decided I'd rather have the speed than extra storage so I'm replacing it with a 1TB SSD. I will now have 128G flash + 1TB SSD. Seeing as how a fusion drive no longer makes sense, what... -
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Using built in ssd raid v my existing 4tb raid so
recently started using a late 2013 mbp for casual editing in fcpx and noticed, it performs much better probably down to it running off a ssd. So what I'd like to do is raid 2 or 3 ssds and make the 4tb raid my new home directory - is using a raid ok as a home directory? The boot drive is a... -
Best Mac Pro SSD / HDD arrangement for Photo + Video Editing (8 bays, real mix of drives)
Would love some experienced advice on this. Background: I'm a photographer with very large Lightroom photo libraries and perform high-end retouching in Photoshop. I shoot most weekends and spend very little time deleting unwanted shots, needing to focus my available time on the selected shots...- lewis_cooper
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- apricorn final cut pro lightroom mac pro photography premiere raid ssd velocity video
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- Forum: Digital Video
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Mac server hardware with raid?
I'm going to make a new Mac server and want it to have raid. But the isn't a "server-version" of the Mac mini and I can't see any Mac mini config with raid. So I thought, why not a Mac Pro, it must have raid and the bonus that it has more CPU-power. But I can't seem to find any info, that Mac... -
Need to upgrade my mid 2010 Mac Pro for 4k video - How do new iMacs stack up?
Hi guys! I'm sorry if this is noob-like, but I'm not too knowledgable on processors for video editing, so could do with some pointers. I currently use Final Cut X to edit 4K video on my mid-2010 Mac Pro (big silver tower). I have a Quad Core Xeon 2.8GHz with 16GB RAM and a Radeon HD5770... -
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Mac Pro RAID card under Windows
Has anyone ever managed to get the Mac Pro RAID card working under Windows? I am looking to switch to Windows 7 on my Mac Pro (not wishing to use the latest versions of OS X), and I'd love to do so while still maintaining the ability to use my Mac Pro RAID card for full speed access to my...- ScottishCaptain
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- mac pro (mid 2010) raid
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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Which storage option?
Hi there, I am about to do a big upgrade to my computer storage. I am a videographer and I work with a lot of high resolution footage for editing. I was just looking for some advice about which direction to go for the upgrade. I am currently using a USB 3.0 4-Bay Raid tower (Raid 5) 4 x 4TB...- johnbarr00
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- memory raid raid 6 raid enclosure storage
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- Forum: Mac Accessories
