Anyone Recommend 5-6xHDD bay tower?

drewmaw

drewmaw

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I've been interested in getting an external harddrive bay tower, something that can connect to my Mac Pro via eSata. Anyone recommend any towers they've purchased for extra HDD space?:dankk2:
 
My honest recco would be to steer clear of eSATA solutions with the MacPro. I have a quad-core Mac Pro and was running a FirmTek eSATA external drive setup, which worked well. To connect to the internal (motherboard) eSATA connections on the MacPro, I used a NewerTech connection product. It gives you two eSATA ports via the top PCI slot, but it does take some effort to install.

While eSATA works fine, I really think you'll be best served with a PCI-based RAID setup, something like a CalDigit (or another brand). The speed I get with my CalDigit HDPro is ridiculous, and it's fully-protected RAID5, which I don't believe is readily available via eSATA.

Just an opinion from someone who's been where you are.


And after looking over CalDigit's site, I'd say look at the HD Element with their RAID card. I doubt you'll find a better combination of features/performance/support anywhere.
 
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eSATA

eSATA

There are a few eSATA RAID cards out there.
macsales.com has some.

2 types that I know of -
the first type uses normal eSATA cables for each drive
the other type uses a different cable.

superldg eBay seller has some rugged cases.
I have a FW400 - 2 bay - which works fine most of the time ;)

not as fancy as the Cal Digit or g-raid.
 
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