On Sep 11, 2010, at 11:08 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: > Just now running across this message. > > The Mac Pro holds 4 mechanical drives and 2 optical drives, all SATA. > However, if you only have 1 optical drive, you can put a 5th hard drive in > the second optical bay. That's what I did. I have 5 in my system. > I was saying you can put a 4x2.5 hotswap unit in the 5.25 bay. This would mean you would need another controller if you also used all the internal bays. I particularly like this arrangement if you are working with clients. You can give them a drive with all of their stuff on it at the end of each session. What's $75 for a hard disk with a repeat client.
--FC
