Wayland Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 I have beenlooking at the SATA II raid controllers and was wondering if this model: http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/rocketraid-...pci-express.htm RocketRaid 2310 Or http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/rocketraid-...pci-express.htm 2320 Might work in Osx86? Any thoughts or ideas? What about this one: http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/sonnet-tempo-x-esata-4-4.htm? Interesting! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15375-sata-raid-cards-for-osx-will-they-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milenco Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I can confirm the Highpoint 2320 SATA RAID5 card is working in OSx86. I'm using 10.4.8 JaS and the drivers from there website. My 2TB NTFS array is being detected but on default some files were seem to be missing. I using MacFUSE and NTFS-3G to fix this issue. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15375-sata-raid-cards-for-osx-will-they-work/#findComment-390350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin C Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 According to http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...%20Technologies this is most certainly not a true hardware solution. On full speed transfers (either read or write), the cpu usage can go as high as 50% (average 30% throughout) on an Athlon 64 3000+. Idling cpu usage is a constant 5%. I recommend dual core cpu for a RAID 5 config. You can consider this midway between full hardware raid 5 and software raid 5 in that it is fully bios manageable (so no OS dependency on the RAID management), but still using CPU cycles to do the hard work. and Linux drivers are fairly flaky Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15375-sata-raid-cards-for-osx-will-they-work/#findComment-513826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin C Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 RocketRaid 2310 according to http://macslash.org/comments.pl?sid=6452&cid=114625: Highpoint have updated the drivers for the 2310, and now say that they will work on the MacPro. The webpage (http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/bios_rr2310.htm ) lists v. 1.14, and says:"Device Driver supports Mac OS X 10.3.x – 10.4.8 on Mac Pro and Apple PowerMac G5 (Dual and Quad) systems.Sleep Mode Support " Data Mode Only - controller and RAID array not bootable into Mac OS X " " The 2310 supports up to 4 drives, and offers RAID 5. All configuration is done via the web-based interface. I am running v1.12 of the drivers on a G5 dual 2.3, and despite claims that v1.12 supported sleep mode, I get a kernel panic on wake. YMMV, and one would expect the sleep and power management code on the intel box to be a complete rewrite, so I wouldn't let that stop you. However, my experience with Highpoint tech support was less than encouraging - despite 3 emails and two telephone calls, my questions were not addressed. The Mac-specific documentation is minimal, so you're pretty much on your own. OTOH, if you want raid 5 on a an intel mac, this is pretty much the only game in town right now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15375-sata-raid-cards-for-osx-will-they-work/#findComment-518118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronR Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Someone has got Highpoint RocketRaid 2300 to work link Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15375-sata-raid-cards-for-osx-will-they-work/#findComment-518284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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