Mac Pro :: Finding External Raid Enclosure Recommendation?

Apr 19, 2009

Can anyone recommend a external box that can take 4-6 hard drives and do a Raid5 style setup? Preferably connected by firewire or esata to a Macpro.

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Mac Pro :: Looking To Build And External RAID Enclosure?

May 14, 2009

I am looking to build my own external RAID setup and have it function as another set of internal ones. Is it possible to buy a computer case and put in a raid card and a power source and just run SATA cables to my mac pro?

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Mac Pro :: Silent External RAID Enclosure Needed

Oct 29, 2009

I'm looking to set up a 4+ drive external eSATA raid system (likely raid5). My biggest need is quiet. I've tried 2 boxes thus far including the 4big quadra that was supposed to be engineered for noise, but it had an annoying fan speed fluctuation and was actually much louder than my mac pro. I have a drobo and that is also too noisy. I'm wondering of anyone knows of a box or other option that is either fanless (ideally) or has one large super quiet fan.

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Hardware :: Need A Recommendation On HDD Enclosure?

Mar 15, 2009

Now, for some reason, it likes to constantly self-cycle, I can hear the hard drives trying to work. I tried USB and it does the same thing. I'm wondering if it's a chipset issue on the OWC enclosure.

I have a seagate 1 TB w/ 32 mb cache in my mac pro as additional backup. I was going to try that in a different enclosure, but I don't want to do that if i'm going to get the same results.

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MacBook Pro :: Finding External Enclosure For 1TB HDD

May 16, 2010

I'm looking to clone my 250gb HD over to a 1TB Western Digital 2.5 HD. I need to get an external USB harddrive enclosure, but most that I've seen say it has a 500GB capacity. Does anyone know of any cheap external enclosures that can get the job done? If so, can you provide a link?

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MacBook Pro :: Finding External Enclosure That Fits WD 1TB AND Stock HDD?

Aug 3, 2010

I know the WD 1TB is bigger than the stock HDs in MBPs so was wondering if there was an external hard drive enclosure out there that was cheap and can fit either hard drive? Also what is everyone's thoughts regarding the WD Scorpio Blue 1TB? I bought one before but returned it because of strange sounds but my stock drive makes the same sounds so I guess it was a minor issue.

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Mac Pro :: Hdd Recommendation For RAID?

Feb 19, 2010

I've never set up a RAID before. I'm about to purchase an 09 MP through Apple and was looking at the Apple and CalDigit RAID cards before I started reading these forums. If the experts are saying that the Areca ARC-1212 works better than both of those at half the price, I'm sold.

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OS X :: Looking For A Quieter RAID 1 Enclosure?

Dec 27, 2008

I have a 1TB x 2 setup in a Guardian Maximus enclosure, which i like, but it is noisy. Per OWC support, the noise levels i have are pretty normal.

The noise is not server room noisy, I will admit that

However, this setup is connected to my Mac Mini, always on and serving up my iTunes content to 2 apple TVs. Previously, I had been using 500gb and 750gb external drives, no RAID. Both previous drives (Seagate free agents) ran perfectly quiet enough.

The big thing is, in my apartment the setup is on my TV center, and that is close to our bed. the Seagate drives were inaudible, the only thing noticed was the orange light if i didnt shut the light off in the config. But you couldn't hear the drive noise otherwise.Not so with the Maximus. Its a constant hum, and the wife has now commented about it. Which means i need to either

a-quiet the maximus

or

b-replace it with something quieter.

so I wanted to see if anyone had experience with the maximus, alongside something like the WD Mirrored options, the Lacie RAID1 options or anything else. $250 is about my budget for this.but now i am wondering if i shouldn't just get a 1tb solo drive, use that for the main iTunes drive and then fire up the RAID1 enclosure once a week and back up the media (my main reason for the RAID was getting concerned about losing all my ripped content).

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Mac Pro :: RAID Enclosure - Need Swivel Mounting Solution

Oct 24, 2009

So my Mac Pro RAID enclosure project is almost complete, just working through the last few steps. Specifically, I need a solution for mounting the 2x 5 Bay backplanes to the bottom of the "shelve" where the Optical Drive(s) and PSU is typically mounted. I have 2 of these: [URL]. Sitting freely on the floor of my Mac Pro case and I want to mount them to the underside of the shelve that generally houses the optical drives and PSU in a MP. Ideally, I will find something that can swivel so I can turn the backplanes 360 degrees when the side door of the case is removed.

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Hardware :: Buying Enclosure - Adding Software To Create Raid 5 Storage Solution

Dec 12, 2008

I'm trying to build a raid 5 USB storage system to connect to an AirPort Extreme router. I am currently looking into buying the following enclosure and adding software to create a raid 5 storage solution which I can connect to the AE for both backup and media storage. Can someone help me find good software to create this raid 5 setup? 4-bay JBOD Enclosure [URL:...]

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MacBook Pro :: Finding HDD Best Recommendation

May 13, 2010

I currently have a MacBook Pro 5,1 2.53 GHz Interl Core 2 Duo. 4GB of Ram. and a 360 GB Hard Drive.

I am wanting to upgrade the Hard drive to a 500-700GB range, can anyone recommend a Hard Drive that would work well with this MacBook Pro? I have read online that while some hard drives are ranked really good, sometimes people have issues when installing in a Mac with clicking sounds, etc.

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Hardware :: Finding Recommendation On Webcam For Mac Pro

May 5, 2007

just about to get my first Apple, a Mac Pro, and would recommendations on the best webcam for using Skype video on an Apple 23" display ? Any chance of a new iSight appearing in the coming months ?

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MacBook Air :: Finding Case Recommendation?

May 17, 2008

just bought a Macbook Air, can anyone recommend me a good case?

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Hardware :: Finding Best Scanner Recommendation

Mar 29, 2009

Planning to digitize old family photos for the family and need a good/reliable scanner that. Any recommendations? Software included worth while or are there better packages? Currently have Adobe Photoshop Elements.

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Hardware :: Finding Best Scanner Recommendation / Tried HP

Apr 2, 2010

I need a scanner recommendation for my mac Book Pro.

I tried my wifes HP that she uses for her PC and it doesn't work

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Mac Pro :: Finding A 4-bay SATA Enclosure That Is Compatible With The Highpoint?

Mar 8, 2009

I'm at a loss at the moment trying to find a 4-bay SATA enclosure that is compatible with the Highpoint RocketRAID 4322.

Could I get some recommendations?

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Hardware :: Finding Firewire 800 Multiple HDD Enclosure?

Dec 12, 2009

I'm trying to find a hard drive enclosure that can take multiple hard drives, not in raid that has a firewire 800 interface.

I've not had any luck finding such a beast so far.

Does anyone know if one exists?

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Hardware :: FireWire External HDD - Recommendation?

Oct 6, 2010

Anyone have a recommendation? I wish they still sold the Seagate one.

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Hardware :: External Hdd Recommendation Wanted

Feb 8, 2009

one week after restoring my imac from Time Machine, my WD my book decided to die on me, and i need to make a wise decision. my imac is 300 GB, i use a lacie external for crucial files that i want easily available (backup with chronosync) and i want to replace a 500 GB WD.

i looked at the G-tech, but someone said they were having problems with it, and i looked at segate, but then i saw that they were having major problems.

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Mar 29, 2012

Our internal drive for iMac is dying.  I am looking for recommendations (seem to only have older ones on the boards) for an external DVD burner/drive (blu-ray not required) that we can use for a while.

Info:
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MacBook Pro :: Recommendation For External Hard-drive In Price And Quality?

Apr 18, 2012

been looking for a hard drive to store my photos and work from University, the things I never want to lose basically, so don't want to buy the wrong product and don't know good brands when it comes to Macs. Does thunderbolt make a huge difference also? 

Info:
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Mac Pro :: 64bit Kernel With Drobo Recommendation For High Capacity External Storage?

Dec 4, 2010

I currently have external storage devices by DataRobotics - 2 DroboPro and 1 DroboElite. I bought the new MacPro 2 months ago and have been having problems with the Drobo devices disconnecting constantly. After a lot of diagnostics including Apple replacing the logic board in my MacPro, it was identified that the issue was with the iSCSI initiator that DataRobotics uses. It is not 64bit kernal compatible and as a result, the drives disconnect randomly especially when moving data from one external drive to the other. I am forced to boot the MacPro in 32bit kernel mode for the drives to work properly. DataRobotics is not committing to fixing the 64bit kernel issue so I'm now looking to replace this technology.

I found some interesting technology by Netgear and was considering buying their product, however, I had the worst experience ever with dealing with pre-sales & technical support department, after dealing with 4 different individuals, I concluded that they have no clue about their own products, the staff is so junior, it's as if I called a completely different company when talking about their own product. I am therefore going to stay away from that company.

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Mar 20, 2009

I currently have windows XP installed by VMware Fusion on an internal hard drive. Is it possible to move the hard drive to an external firewire hard drive enclosure and still be able to run windows XP from my Mac Pro?

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OS X :: For Cloning, Do I Need An External Enclosure

Nov 1, 2009

I want to clone my hard drive to use on my new one. i dont have an external hd enclosure, though, and would be happy if i didnt have to buy one. i was hoping i could make a clone onto my networked time capsule, then replace the hard drives and somehow boot from the clone from my time capsule.

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OS X :: SATA Enclosure For An External HD?

Nov 27, 2009

I'm replacing my 320GB HD from my late '08 MBP with a new Hitachi 500GB unit.

It would be a shame to let the old HD go to waste, so I was wondering what SATA enclosures you guys and girls are using? Preferably something that will connect to my MBP using either Firewire 800 or USB 2.0. There are so many out there, I don't want to buy the wrong one and be disappointed with the quality. Thanks in advance.

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Oct 22, 2010

I currently have windows XP installed by VMware Fusion on an internal hard drive. Is it possible to move the hard drive to an external firewire hard drive enclosure and still be able to run windows XP from my Mac Pro?

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MacBook Pro :: Cheap External Enclosure For 1TB HD?

Dec 17, 2010

I'm looking to clone my 250gb HD over to a 1TB Western Digital 2.5 HD. I need to get an external USB harddrive enclosure, but most that I've seen say it has a 500GB capacity. Does anyone know of any cheap external enclosures that can get the job done? If so, can you provide a link?

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Hardware :: External Hdd Enclosure - Can Get Old Hd Back

Feb 4, 2009

i bought a mini and a external hdd enclosure hopping that i can get my old hd back just for the pics when i when plug it in it doesnt mount to the desktop

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MacBook Pro :: 3.5 External HDD Enclosure With Firewiree 800?

Oct 12, 2009

Does anyone know where/if i can get a 3.5" hard drive enclosure with firewire 800? I'm wanting it for backup for my macbook pro with time machine but i'm struggling to find one on the internet.

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Power Mac G5 :: Which PCI Card To Add A External Serial ATA Enclosure

Oct 14, 2007

The subject pretty much says it. Which PCI card to add a External Serial ATA Enclosure to a Dual G5 2.0 GHz? Looking at Sonnet there are PCI and PCI-X SATA/ATA cards.I'm looking to expand my storage and this was a recommendation.

Information:
G5 Dual 2.0 GHz
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