An XRAID and Fibre Channel Question

[NOTNlCE]

Hey folks -

Just a quick question about how Fibre Channels work. Currently, my home server is an '06 Xserve connected via 4 Port Fibre Card to my XRAID for home Time Machine backups and mass/remote storage. The Xserve handles a few other services using OS X Lion Server, but that's irrelevant.

The question is, should the Xserve die or should I desire to replace it, as it's loud, heavy, hot, and power-inefficient, is there any way (apart from using a Mac Pro or a Hack with a PCIe slot) to keep the Fibre Channels either via adapter or something else? Preferably not a solution that's crazy expensive like a Thunderbolt PCIe Case to use the Fibre Card. Obviously, something like a USB 3.0 Storage Array would be better, but I stockpiled IDE drives and I'd love to get my use out of the XRAID and Xserve. Just wondering as a failsafe or upgrade option.

The bit of research I've done shows that this is probably not possible, but I just want to see if anyone here knows of an alternative.

Thanks as always,
-N

 

[Intell]

A few companies do make a Thunderbolt to Fibre Channel adapter. They are pricy, so much that it would be a better idea to get a new NAS than use with with an XRAID.

 

[NOTNlCE]

A few companies do make a Thunderbolt to Fibre Channel adapter. They are pricy, so much that it would be a better idea to get a new NAS than use with with an XRAID.

That's what my research has turned up as well. Unfortunate that USB 3.0 can't be converted to Fibre.