Have you from 2009? It seems that the HighPoint RocketRAID would be a decent choice but doesn't seem to be available as a new item from the manufacturer any more: Not knowing there was a workaround, HighPoint removed the RocketRAID 4320, 3520, 3510, and 2680 from the Mac Pro product list on their website. We're hoping to persuade HighPoint to put them back on the product list now that MaxUpgrades has a solution. A quick check on eBay shows the, and the are still available as a used/refurbished item. But if buying used/refurbished equipment is not for you, one thing that seems promising and is currently available and in production is the from Other World Computing. The description seems to be exactly what you are looking for: Eliminate the SATA drive bus speed limit! Adding the MAXPower RAID mini-SAS 6G-1e1i to your Mac or PC provides a SAS/SATA 6G (6.0Gb/s) drive bus with up to twice the data transfer speed, regardless of your computer's built-in SATA 3G (3.0Gb/s) data bus.

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Utilizing the MAXPower's RAID processor, you can maximize your total performance up to 4800MB/s in RAID 0 mode or achieve the perfect balance of performance and protection in RAID 5 mode. This feature-rich, high-value mass storage controller card is an ideal solution for those working with multiple high-speed HD video streams and/or anyone seeking high performance daily IT operation and back-up for an SMB. With mini-SAS, there's no loss of throughput as it provides full data transfer of four drives through one connection. Thank you sir. My only hesitation right now is whether this will work with ESXi. It's not on VMware's list of supported devices and I haven't heard back from NewerTech yet. The other downside is it looks like you have to buy another rig to allow you to use the drivebays.

One turns the drives around so they're not connecting to the backplane and another is just another card. Both of them $128.

Highpoint Rocketraid 4320 For Mac Download

I'm seriously reconsidering the mac pro as my esxi box given this and other limitations i've run into. Off topic, but video card pass throughs have been quite a problem with this box also. – Feb 12 '15 at 3:19.

Why is the RocketRAID 4522 HBA significant? What are its strengths?. It is superior to the original RocketRAID 43xx series in that it is 6Gbps rated instead of 3Gbps. Yet if you are currently using a RocketRAID 43xx series HBA, you need do nothing to migrate to the faster RocketRAID 4522 HBA. Your current RAID set will mount without having to be rebuilt.

For RAID 5 and other RAID modes that involve parity checks and occasional rebuilding, the 4522 has its own processor and ECC memory. There is no performance hit to your Mac Pro's CPU for those functions. Though a RAID adapter like HighPoint's RocketRAID 2744 is capable of higher transfer speeds, it lacks the onboard processor and memory. That's fine for RAID 0 but can be a weakness for RAID 5 operation and maintenance.

PERFORMANCE RESULTS for the RocketRAID 4522 GRAPH LEGEND RAID0.8 SSD = eight 6Gbps SSDs in RAID 0 set RAID0.8 HDD = eight 6Gbps HDDs in RAID 0 set RAID5.8 HDD = eight 6Gbps HDDs in RAID 5 set The was mounted in slot 2 of a 2010 Mac Pro Westmere 6-core 3.3GHz. The drives were mounted in the eight bay enclosure. The SSDs were a mixture of 6Gbps SSDs from. The HDDs consisted of four Seagate s and four Hitachi 7K3000s. INSIGHTS We included eight 6Gbps SSDs in RAID 0 mode to show the maximum possible transfer speed for the HighPoint. However, the HDDs cost less per gigabyte and, as you can see from the graphs, provide sufficient speed for most applications. Though a RAID 5 volume has lower transfer speeds than a RAID 0 set due to the, according to Blackmagic Design's DiskSpeedTest, our eight HDD RAID 5 set can handle up to 2K video frame sizes without dropping frames.

(see its analysis below; click to enlarge) RECAP OF ROCKETRAID 4522 KEY FEATURES. Marvell 88RC9580 800MHz RAID-on-Chip Processor. 512MB DDR 3 Cache memory with ECC protection. Optional Battery Backup Module (HPTBBU-05). Up to 6Gb/s per port.

Eight SAS & SATA ports. PCI Express 2.0 x8 rating. Dual Mini-SAS connectors.

Alarm Buzzer. Up to 128 SATA / SAS devices via SAS Expander.

Browser based RAID manager configures RAID modes JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 as well as initialization method, cache policy, block size, and sector size. BOTTOM LINE The is a fast and flexible 8-port, 8-lane PCIe RAID adapter and a useful way to 'soup up' your 2008 thru 2012 Mac Pro. Feedback or comments? Contact me, mad scientist.

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