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Add 3 additional HDD @ RAID0 in a MAC PRO?

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jkirke

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Dec 2, 2011
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I currently have a MAC PRO 2010. and I only have one drive bay available. Plus I need to add about 6TB of storage. I would like to remove my 2 CD/DVD burners and replace them with 2TB drives. I would like to place 3rd 2TB HDD in the empty drive bay. I want use all three drives in a raid0 configuration. Is this possible? If so, how would I go about doing this?

Thanks

jkirke
 
Sure. You will need something like this that allows installation of 3.5" HDDs into the 5.25" optical bays.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MM52T35MP9/

Pull the DVD drives, install the HDDs, install the 3rd HDD in the empty regular sled.

Then select the 3 drives you want to RAID0, in Disk Utility.app, and pick "striped"

That's about it. It'll just work.
 
firedownunder said:
The brackets from OWC are a little more, but they're better. They have rubber mounts that dampen any vibration, an no issues with misaligned screw holes (read reviews on newegg bracket). I have two in my pro and they work perfectly. See sig for details. My two cents.:)
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i used only the new egg brackets and they were fine.

so I only can give that info.

like I said both work and the choice is yours.

BTW lots of people just leave them inside with out any adapters at all.



I can say owc has these


http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MMP35T25/


these are great I had four used one then sold my mac pro and sold the other 3 of these to a forum member
 
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