Mac compatible SAS host bus adapter?

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Mac compatible SAS host bus adapter?

Does anyone know of one? I don't need RAID functionality. We have been using the LSI cards in our linux boxes with much success, but they don't seem to have an OS X driver.

thanks,

-dev

Posted on May 30, 2007 1:53 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 12, 2007 7:54 AM in response to Ed Hammond

The ATTO R348 and R380 in my opinion are the best choice:
http://www.attotech.com/expressSASr348.html
http://www.attotech.com/expressSASr380.html

There's also the Areca ARC-1680(LP), I haven't found any reviews on these:
http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcietosas1680.htm

Or the HighPoint RocketRAID 2322 would be my last choice. These adapters don't pass SMART info to OSX, nor do they support the traditional disk hot swapping that's native to OSX. Their support is said to be less than stellar for Mac users, but this adapter is way cheaper than the competition:
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/rr2322.htm

You can google "RocketRAID 2322 mac review" and find lots of reviews on the HighPoint stuff. The others, I couldn't find any reviews of 😟

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Answer 2

Jun 12, 2007 11:37 AM in response to Erich Lippert

Apparently nobody's adapters pass SMART info to the Mac except for Sonnet's Tempo series. Unfortunately, none of Sonnet's adapters do hardware RAID (or RAID 10, 5, 6, etc.), only Apple software RAID striping or mirroring (0 and 1). So basically we're screwed, nobody provides a well rounded, enterprise ready SATA/SAS solution for the Mac.

Power Mac (Sawtooth) G4 450MHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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