*Philip* "8 Disc" Enclosure, RAID 6 w/6 G speed

[billb]

Philip

Check out DigiLloyd's new "RAID 6" External Enclosure.

The mini has 1.5 G SATA speed
and the Mac Pro has 3 G SATA speed.
How about a RAID 6 Enclosure with
6 G SATA speed for your Mac Pro.

Its a little pricey but something to
think about for future Hard Disc
expansion.
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2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 with
16GB RAM, Samsung 512GB SSD
MacBook AIR 11 Inch
Mac mini, Model 1.1, 2.33 GHz C2D Proc
20" iMac G4 PPC

[jb]

[billb]

Philip might be able to buy the RAID Card
and use it with the External Enclosure he
already has. Then he'd be in High Cotton.

Might work!
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2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 with
16GB RAM, Samsung 512GB SSD
MacBook AIR 11 Inch
Mac mini, Model 1.1, 2.33 GHz C2D Proc
20" iMac G4 PPC

[billb]

Here's more aout a 6-G Card.

Here's a 6-G Card under $50.00 USA.
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2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 with
16GB RAM, Samsung 512GB SSD
MacBook AIR 11 Inch
Mac mini, Model 1.1, 2.33 GHz C2D Proc
20" iMac G4 PPC

[philiparcario]

No I have grabbed this



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132016&cm_re=rosewill_8_bay-_-16-132-016-_-Product

actually a pair of them. why these? 219 for 1 and 160 for the other. I can use them up to 16 drives at 2tb each. 32tb storage plus an easy 8 in the pro total of 40tb storage.


I grabbed this


http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/SATA2ME4E/ (used from a mac rumors member ) why this 4 ports 1 pci e slot allows me to use the above 2 units from rosewill.


and last but not least this

ebay link

why do you ask it boots most of the pci e cards do not boot. this puppy boots really important. oh one more item



http://www.thermaltakestore.com/st00014.html


380 for the 16 bays
100 for the 4 port card
15 for the 1 port card
20 for the thermatake on a Halloween sale
515 grand total
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2010 Mm 2.4 C2D oem 320gb hdd 8gb ram
2012Mm base 2.5 with 16gb ram diy fusion drive
2012Mm quad with 8gb ram oem 1tb hdd

promise pegasus r6 3x 3tb + 3x 4tb =21tb hdds
lacie little big disk 2x 512gb ssds
synology 2tb disk station

[billb]

So Philip,
Is it the PCIe card that controls the type of RAID?
Without the card the Rosewill is just a big box?
Right?
Its the card that does everything communication wise
an the Rosewill just holds the Hard Drives so the card
can work its RAID magic. Right?

Can the Rosewill hold less than 8 Drives and you just
add Drives as needed? If thats the case then that would
be a great deal because you could just add hard Drives
as your need grows and the price is in the ball park of an
OWC Qx2 enclosure that only holds 4 Hard Drives.

Its kind of a shame it only works with a Mac Pro.
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2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 with
16GB RAM, Samsung 512GB SSD
MacBook AIR 11 Inch
Mac mini, Model 1.1, 2.33 GHz C2D Proc
20" iMac G4 PPC

[philiparcario]

you got it. the pci e cards are what do the trick. the rosewill can use 1 or 2 or 3 up to 8 hdds. It has 2 esata jacks you could hook 2 computers to it each to 1 esata jack each esata jack handles 4 hdds. but if you do no raid you have 8 separte hdds this is also nice . you could add one a ssd at a time. each wold be stand alone and very fast. think 600gb 3rd gen intel ssds for feb 2011. add 1 per month. each and every one is a stand alone jbod.
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2010 Mm 2.4 C2D oem 320gb hdd 8gb ram
2012Mm base 2.5 with 16gb ram diy fusion drive
2012Mm quad with 8gb ram oem 1tb hdd

promise pegasus r6 3x 3tb + 3x 4tb =21tb hdds
lacie little big disk 2x 512gb ssds
synology 2tb disk station