will this work for a g5 powermac...
hi gang,
i have been looking at my storage options and i'm going to need to upgrade soon.
i'm running a weibetech duo dock 800 firewire with each bay having it's own chip and bus which i love. each drive is 250 gb. i also have 1 terabyte in dual 2 gig g5. two 250gb oem drives and two 250 gb drives off a firmtek sata card positioned in front of the cpu fans via g5 drive bracket.
this is what i plan on doing but will it work and what potential problems might i have?
i want to get a g5 1.6 powermac and turn it into a file server. i want to have the same drive configuration as my dual 2 gig plus want to add two more drives via firmetk sata card and position those two drives below the cpu heatsink.
i also want to remove the optical drive and place two parallel ide drives on the optical drive bus.
can i configure this into a raid 5?
can i replace the single cpu fan with the double fan for added ventilation?
i'm assuming i will have to load up server instead of client. what would the advantages be?
sorry for my ingnorance.
i want to connect this via gigbit ethernet to my dual 2 gig. is there an advantage to having an airport card in the new server box?
i have an extreme airport network already setup.
your input is much appreciated before i try this.
chung lee
i have been looking at my storage options and i'm going to need to upgrade soon.
i'm running a weibetech duo dock 800 firewire with each bay having it's own chip and bus which i love. each drive is 250 gb. i also have 1 terabyte in dual 2 gig g5. two 250gb oem drives and two 250 gb drives off a firmtek sata card positioned in front of the cpu fans via g5 drive bracket.
this is what i plan on doing but will it work and what potential problems might i have?
i want to get a g5 1.6 powermac and turn it into a file server. i want to have the same drive configuration as my dual 2 gig plus want to add two more drives via firmetk sata card and position those two drives below the cpu heatsink.
i also want to remove the optical drive and place two parallel ide drives on the optical drive bus.
can i configure this into a raid 5?
can i replace the single cpu fan with the double fan for added ventilation?
i'm assuming i will have to load up server instead of client. what would the advantages be?
sorry for my ingnorance.
i want to connect this via gigbit ethernet to my dual 2 gig. is there an advantage to having an airport card in the new server box?
i have an extreme airport network already setup.
your input is much appreciated before i try this.
chung lee
Comments
If you really need to run OS X on it, then the best option is probably an external SATA array - futzing around with the fans in a G5 would be something I'd be hesitant to do...
Check out macgurus.com for their info on SATA arrays - RAID 5 will require additional software (like SoftRAID) and the performance sucks...
Another alternative is one of the custom FW800 RAID 5 arrays - this should again be cheaper and less risky than the G5 mod approach.
-Ender