Paul_Kerfoot
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Good Morning All
I plan to add several hard drives to my Mac Pro after reading what Jack and Digilloyd have written about separation/backup of OS/Apps and data.
I want to begin by adding a SATA II backup drive in the lower optical bay and schedule a weekly copy of my boot drive using Carbon Copy. This is where I become a little confused as this area is, apparently, not generally used to mount hard drives. Is there sufficient space for a HD and are there any special drive mounts, cables or tools required in the lower optical bay?
As money becomes available, I plan to add a three disk (raid 0) array (for scratch and data) in bays 2, 3, & 4 and finally an external disk array (raid 5) for data backup.
Thank you all
I plan to add several hard drives to my Mac Pro after reading what Jack and Digilloyd have written about separation/backup of OS/Apps and data.
I want to begin by adding a SATA II backup drive in the lower optical bay and schedule a weekly copy of my boot drive using Carbon Copy. This is where I become a little confused as this area is, apparently, not generally used to mount hard drives. Is there sufficient space for a HD and are there any special drive mounts, cables or tools required in the lower optical bay?
As money becomes available, I plan to add a three disk (raid 0) array (for scratch and data) in bays 2, 3, & 4 and finally an external disk array (raid 5) for data backup.
Thank you all