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Some questions about converting to a RAID setup
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<blockquote data-quote="martyp" data-source="post: 921876" data-attributes="member: 61183"><p>Ok, here goes...</p><p></p><p>Easiest/cheapest option, buy an external SATA HDD caddy, put your old drives in there and using the USB/FW connection you can access and transfer the contents over. Assuming these are not in a RAID array... In that event you will need to transfer the contents to an external hard drive.</p><p></p><p>Using SAS drives, you will need the Apple RAID card - as I'm sure you know anyway. You can't have SAS and SATA drives connected at the same time, its one or the other.</p><p></p><p>So long as the connectors are in the normal places, then yes any drive will work fine. Apple put a huge tax on their drives so you'll find cheaper elsewhere. If in doubt, ask the e/re-tailer selling the drive.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="martyp, post: 921876, member: 61183"] Ok, here goes... Easiest/cheapest option, buy an external SATA HDD caddy, put your old drives in there and using the USB/FW connection you can access and transfer the contents over. Assuming these are not in a RAID array... In that event you will need to transfer the contents to an external hard drive. Using SAS drives, you will need the Apple RAID card - as I'm sure you know anyway. You can't have SAS and SATA drives connected at the same time, its one or the other. So long as the connectors are in the normal places, then yes any drive will work fine. Apple put a huge tax on their drives so you'll find cheaper elsewhere. If in doubt, ask the e/re-tailer selling the drive. Hope that helps. :) [/QUOTE]
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