Am I missing something? - dbcanada

RAID 5 on a PowerMac G4? Best to use a FireWIre 800 external HD enclosure with its own built-in hardware RAID 5 controller.

Here's one example:
http://www.firewiredirect.com/product/19/

There are rumors the software RAID 5 will be part of OS X 10.5 (Leopard) but even if that's true, who knows if it will work on G4.

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Saturday, June 30 2007 @ 01:23 AM PDT

Am I missing something? - richter_s

I use a Raid 5 on a G4 Mac with 8 external SATA drives and a Raid Controller Rocket Raid 1820A (I think RR2220 will also work on a G4 Mac). Please see homepage www.highpoint-tech.com for more Mac products!
S.R.

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Monday, July 09 2007 @ 10:16 PM PDT

Try Drobo - robbyx--2008

Check out Drobo (www.drobo.com). The Drobo box is only $500 (compared to $1300+ for a hardware RAID 5 enclosure). It's effortless to setup, works great with a Mac, and offers the same benefits as RAID 5. The case supports up to four drives. After searching for a suitable RAID 5 solution, I went with Drobo. It's the best option I could find.

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Monday, July 09 2007 @ 11:19 PM PDT

Am I missing something? - matt_beals

Umm... Maybe I'm missing something here. Why would you want software RAID 5? I know we're talking about dual and quad core Intel processors here but do you really want software RAID5?

I'll take my RAID on a card any day of the week and a software mirror if I have to. But I sure as heck don't want Mac OS X or any other OS calculating RAID parity data while crunching on other data. God forbid the OS crash and the parity data get hosed.

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Friday, September 14 2007 @ 01:31 PM PDT

XServe RAID - Macleod

XServe RAID supports RAID 5, but not 6, and has sufficient power to do all the parity calculations on board.

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Saturday, September 15 2007 @ 08:17 AM PDT