[DM-MUG] xraid drives

[Jon Thompson]

All XRaids are PATA.  There were pictures of an unreleased SATA  
prototype before Apple dropped the "no more XRAID" ball.  Apple left  
the software flexible enough that they could change vendors on a whim  
if they wanted to.  Since it doesn't check for them, it won't for you  
too :P

On Dec 30, 2008, at 6:42 AM, Dave Weis wrote:

>
> Thank you all for the pointers. I've got to double check, I think  
> these are PATA drives. We've got one approx 1TB array built on the  
> left side, I would like to put 3-4 drives on the right side and  
> build another array so the sizes not matching existing is no problem.
>
> Does the device not check for magic drive names or vendor strings on  
> the drive or will it let me grab any 4 identical drives and put them  
> in sleds?
>
> Thanks
> dave
>
>
>
>
> kristau wrote:
>> I sourced drives for an XRAID awhile back.  Unfortunately, I don't
>> have access to the info I gathered while looking for them, but I have
>> some hints and tips.
>> * Unless the market has changed in the last 6 months, you can't find
>> NIB sleds with drives.  If you need additional sleds/drives you'll
>> have to surf the used/eBay market.  Good luck there.
>> * Older XRAID systems used parallel or PATA drives, but some of the
>> newer ones used SATA drives.  Make sure you know which you need.
>> * Best way to find out what you need for drives is to pull one of the
>> existing drives and get the specs off of it.
>> * I had trouble several months ago finding 147 GB PATA drives.  If
>> yours are the same, then they are probably much more difficult to  
>> find
>> now.  The next best thing will be a 250 GB drive.  Just realize that
>> adding these to an array will only result in 147 GB "used" for the
>> array and the rest left "idle"
>> Feel free to drop me a direct e-mail at kristau at gmail.com if you need
>> further guidance on this.
>
>
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