Re: Drive upgrade
On Feb 14, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Dan wrote: This is the box I have It states a 2TB capacity but maybe the specs were written before the larger HDD's were readily available? And as you said it appears no drivers needed. http://www.acomdata.com/app/stx.productdetail.asp?did=48 Nice box. The specs and googling around don't say what type of interface it uses internally. Should be SATA, but it could be anything really. You could write to them and ask. Or open the case and see what the existing drives are, then buy drives with the same type of interface and try 'em... - Dan. -- They are Hitachi 1TB SATA I opened them to lube the screeching fans and kick out the dust Bunnies and started thinking how nice it would be to install two 2TB HDD's and sell the 1TB's instead of buying new 4TB boxes. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from my MBP -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Drive upgrade
At 3:35 PM -0800 2/14/2011, John Carmonne wrote: On Feb 14, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Dan wrote: This is the box I have It states a 2TB capacity but maybe the specs were written before the larger HDD's were readily available? And as you said it appears no drivers needed. http://www.acomdata.com/app/stx.productdetail.asp?did=48 Nice box. The specs and googling around don't say what type of interface it uses internally. Should be SATA, but it could be anything really. You could write to them and ask. Or open the case and see what the existing drives are, then buy drives with the same type of interface and try 'em... They are Hitachi 1TB SATA I opened them to lube the screeching fans and kick out the dust Bunnies and started thinking how nice it would be to install two 2TB HDD's and sell the 1TB's instead of buying new 4TB boxes. Meritline had a great deal on SATA Hitachi's recently. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Drive upgrade
On Feb 13, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Dan wrote: If the box supports the bigger drives, it's possible that the controller will automagically RAID the drives. Otherwise they'd have to provide some sort of tool to make it do it. You haven't said the actual model name so googling around a little, on Acomdata's site it says there are no drivers - it just uses the OS provided ones. That's normal. Doesn't seem to say anything about fixing or rebuilding the raid, tools, etc. - Dan. This is the box I have It states a 2TB capacity but maybe the specs were written before the larger HDD's were readily available? And as you said it appears no drivers needed. http://www.acomdata.com/app/stx.productdetail.asp?did=48 John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from my MBP -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Drive upgrade
At 5:39 AM -0800 2/14/2011, John Carmonne wrote: On Feb 13, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Dan wrote: If the box supports the bigger drives, it's possible that the controller will automagically RAID the drives. Otherwise they'd have to provide some sort of tool to make it do it. You haven't said the actual model name so googling around a little, on Acomdata's site it says there are no drivers - it just uses the OS provided ones. That's normal. Doesn't seem to say anything about fixing or rebuilding the raid, tools, etc. This is the box I have It states a 2TB capacity but maybe the specs were written before the larger HDD's were readily available? And as you said it appears no drivers needed. http://www.acomdata.com/app/stx.productdetail.asp?did=48 Nice box. The specs and googling around don't say what type of interface it uses internally. Should be SATA, but it could be anything really. You could write to them and ask. Or open the case and see what the existing drives are, then buy drives with the same type of interface and try 'em... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Drive upgrade
At 8:20 AM -0800 2/12/2011, John Carmonne wrote: I have two acomdata 2TB drives that consist of 2 1TB Hitachi drives. Each of the drives mount as single 2 TB drives. Can I replace the two 1TB's with two 2TB's and create a single 4TB drive just by installing the new HDD's? Or do I need to do a special initialization, if so how would I do this? You're terminology is a bit muddied. From what I can tell, you have two Acomdata boxes. Each box contains two 1 TB HDs, that are RAIDed together, so they each present a 2 TB volume to your Mac. 1) Replacing the 1 TB mechanisms with 2 TB devices might be possible - if their controller supports that. Best to check with them. http://www.acomdata.com/ 2) To make a 4 TB from that, you'd have to RAID together two already RAIDed boxes. I don't think that will work. To RAID things without risking data loss, the RAID controller needs to have direct access to all the media. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Drive upgrade
On Feb 13, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Dan wrote: You're terminology is a bit muddied. From what I can tell, you have two Acomdata boxes. Each box contains two 1 TB HDs, that are RAIDed together, so they each present a 2 TB volume to your Mac. 1) Replacing the 1 TB mechanisms with 2 TB devices might be possible - if their controller supports that. Best to check with them. http://www.acomdata.com/ 2) To make a 4 TB from that, you'd have to RAID together two already RAIDed boxes. I don't think that will work. To RAID things without risking data loss, the RAID controller needs to have direct access to all the media. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. I do have two boxes containing 2 1TB drives each. I want to install 2 2TB drives in each box giving me 2 separate 4TB boxes. Assuming the Acomdata boxes controllers will work. Can I just install them and have them mount as a 4TB box or do I need to use Disk Utility to create a RAID? John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from my MBP -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Drive upgrade
At 4:52 PM -0800 2/13/2011, John Carmonne wrote: I do have two boxes containing 2 1TB drives each. I want to install 2 2TB drives in each box giving me 2 separate 4TB boxes. Assuming the Acomdata boxes controllers will work. Can I just install them and have them mount as a 4TB box or do I need to use Disk Utility to create a RAID? If the box supports the bigger drives, it's possible that the controller will automagically RAID the drives. Otherwise they'd have to provide some sort of tool to make it do it. You haven't said the actual model name so googling around a little, on Acomdata's site it says there are no drivers - it just uses the OS provided ones. That's normal. Doesn't seem to say anything about fixing or rebuilding the raid, tools, etc. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
