[Bob Zelin] "You are the only person I know still using the horrible Apple RAID card (which was made by LSI). "
Well... it came with the Mac Pro when I bought it and it's working so who am I to fix something that's not broken. ;-) I do have an external RAID 5 that is connected via eSATA but I get your point.
[Bob Zelin] "Buy an external box, and use a card from Areca, Highpoint or ATTO, and your headaches and fears will be instantly gone. "
Actually, just last month the battery failed on my Apple RAID Card and I'm now contemplating spending $130USD on a new battery which I guess begs the question, would that money be better spent buying a new RAID card that doesn't have the 2TB per disk limit of the existing card.
Would any of those cards be able to use my internal drives? I was trying to decide what to do with the 4 internal drive bays so I thought that making a RAID 5 using the existing Apple RAID Card would be the best use of them rather than 4 independent drives. Any recommendations?
Thanks for your feedback. I'll do an upgrade to El Capitan this weekend and see how it goes.
~jr
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