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joe musich

Q: How do  know what Hd is in what bay in a mid 2010 Mac Pro ?

I am trying to install an ssd for my operating system. And also switch out two nearly filled sata drives. When I check storage in storage in profiler I see my four drives And what there usage is. However I am not sure what  the order is in relation to the profiler storage graphic. Is the top to bottom relationship in the proiler with my OS X hd on top accurate top to bottom in the report and left to right in the Drive bays ?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on May 2, 2016 7:41 PM

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Q: How do  know what Hd is in what bay in a mid 2010 Mac Pro ?

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  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass May 3, 2016 12:55 AM in response to joe musich
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    May 3, 2016 12:55 AM in response to joe musich

    You should be able to tell by noting what the storage display says. Then shutdown and remove a data drive and reboot. Note the change the storage display. I would remove either the one closer to from or back, not one of the middle ones.IN my 2009 with a PCle startup SSD the startup SST is on tope and my two disks in the drive bays are listed from front of Mac to rear.

  • by Eau Rouge,Apple recommended

    Eau Rouge Eau Rouge May 3, 2016 3:13 AM in response to joe musich
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    May 3, 2016 3:13 AM in response to joe musich

    Go to About This Mac, then System Report, under Hardware click on SATA/SATA  Express

    Your drives will be listed, from bay 1 to bay 4, top to bottom

    click on a drive to get more information on partition names, sizes etc

    and confirmation of the bay number.

     

    see screenshot below from my MacPro.

     

    Screen Shot 2016-05-03 at 11.10.46.jpg

  • by joe musich,

    joe musich joe musich May 3, 2016 6:05 AM in response to Eau Rouge
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    May 3, 2016 6:05 AM in response to Eau Rouge

    THanks ! However just to clarify the four drive bays are horizontal and drive bay one would be on the right ?

  • by Eau Rouge,

    Eau Rouge Eau Rouge May 3, 2016 6:23 AM in response to joe musich
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    May 3, 2016 6:23 AM in response to joe musich

    Yes I do know that, i have one myself

    top to bottom refers to list of drives under system report, see screenshot.

    the highlighted one is bay 1, below it is bay 2, etcetera, etcetera.

    drive bay 1 is on the left inside the mac, you may have your sleds mixed up if you are

    thinking that bay 1 is on the right.

    bay refers to the point where the sled connects to the motherboard.

  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,Apple recommended

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder May 3, 2016 10:57 AM in response to Eau Rouge
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    May 3, 2016 10:57 AM in response to Eau Rouge

    The numbers on the sleds are not computer-readable, they are only for your convenience. Bay one is above the fan at the front or left, depending on how you think of it.

  • by joe musich,

    joe musich joe musich May 3, 2016 11:02 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
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    May 3, 2016 11:02 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

    Thanks to all responders. Left to right from case front of the back.  Was hoping there was an easy id method. My home drive is in bay 3 so it can stay there until I clone the ssd with ccc. It will come out as will one other drive as the have little space remaining. Two fresh 2tb drives are going in. Again I appreciate,

  • by Eau Rouge,

    Eau Rouge Eau Rouge May 3, 2016 12:33 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
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    May 3, 2016 12:33 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

    I am well aware of the fact the the numbers are for our convenience.

    the original poster had mentioned that he thought bay 1 was on the right hand side

    so i surmised that he may have his sleds in non corresponding bays.

     

    I pointed out that bay 1 is on the left.