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Any PCIe card that will connect an SAS drive to a Mac Pro?
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Kyoto, Japan
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I want to mount the SAS drive in the second optical drive bay.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by mduell 
You're a small god, Mark. Many thanks.
BTW, I took your advice and meditated about the system (you know about moderation, weighing actual needs, etc), and decided to go with a middle way. I will get the new MP on day 1, but will keep it all in one machine, taking my best guess from all you Oreo and others have shared, compromising, and upgrading if and when needed. For example, decided on a Cheetah for system and apps mounted via the very PCIe card you just recommended in the second optical bay. This keeps the OS on one drive as you suggested, while compromising by bundling the apps with it. Decided to keep the rest all in the 4 SATA bays rather than going external with scratch or storage. Will go with 8GB RAM at first (4 x 2) and see if the diving video editing challenges that amount. Decided on a smaller scratch array... two 150 GB Raptors in RAID 0 via the Apple RAID card, and a smaller storage array two 1TB discs (Hitachi or Seagate depending on noise), also in RAID 0. Backup will be the 2.5 TB version of the RT5e or the La Cie Biggest Quadra. The Quadra has a better transfer rate in RAID 0, but the RT5e can run in RAID5. Still considering which.
Any thoughts?
Thanks again 
nina
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
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I don't know if that card is bootable in a Mac Pro; call ATTO before buying.
Go with the Wiebe instead of LaCie; I'm unimpressed with LaCie reliability or support.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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dont buy lacie! have had nothing but problems with the drives.
it seems like your dropping some cash on this new set up, so why not invest in a external raid setup with say 4 disks in a raid 5? building is better then buying
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macpro 2.66 | 4GB | 7 TB
macbook pro 2.4i5 | 4GB | 500GB 7200rpm
technic 1210 M5G
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Originally Posted by edge.it
it seems like your dropping some cash on this new set up, so why not invest in a external raid setup with say 4 disks in a raid 5? building is better then buying
That's what an RT5e is.
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