On Oct 16, 5:19 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone had fun using an atto ul3d pci scsi card under leopard? >I'll be running two of the disks as a > raid 0, mainly just to have a roomier boot volume (two 36gb drives > better than one), and any performance gain would just be a bonus. That > said, would this potential performance gain be better exploited having > the drives each on a seperate scsi channel from the card?
Try driver v3.31, available from attotech downloads under the 'discontinued' heading. Make sure the driver is installed before you put the card in, then you can use the ATTO configuration tool to update the card's firmware. If you are only using 2 drives you should run them both on the same cable, not separate channels (this is what ATTO tech support told me). With 2 drives you won't see a noticible performance gain with RAID 0 and you do risk your data; fast scsi drives generate a lot of heat and the MDD runs pretty hot already. Alternately you could make one drive your boot volume and use the other for large music, video, and picture files. Either way set Time Machine to back up frequently. BTW you can reduce some of the heat inside the MDD by installing the Hardware Pref Pane and setting one CPU to nap mode. That little trick cut my CPU temp by 20 degrees. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
