APPLE INC. MAC PRO PCIE ESATA RAID CARD Part No.: 66422H Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Mfg. SKU: MB845Z/A	List Price: $799.00   Mfg. SKU: MB845Z/A Selling Price: $669.00 Please contact us to order this product.

APPLE INC. MAC PRO PCIE ESATA RAID CARD

The Mac Pro RAID Card brings data protection with improved storage performance and data protection to your Mac Pro system - up to 250MB/s of sequential read performance in RAID 5. Ideal for video and creative professionals with demanding storage needs as well as for tower server applications, this hardware RAID option supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 0+1, and Enhanced JBOD. It has 256MB of cache and an integrated 72-hour battery for protecting the RAID cache. The card occupies the top PCI Express slot (slot 4) and connects to the four internal drive bays.

To enable your Mac Pro for hardware RAID, install the Mac Pro RAID Card and two or more hard drives in bays 1 through 4.

Each RAID level has minimum requirements for the number of hard drives:

• Enhanced JBOD: One to four drives - A non-RAID configuration with the ability to migrate to a RAID set at any time
• RAID 0 (striping): Two to four hard drives - Maximum performance and capacity for the most demanding I/O requirements (no fault tolerance)
• RAID 1 (mirroring): Two hard drives - Maximum protection for critical data
• RAID 5: Three or four hard drives - Data protection, up to 250MB/s of sequential read performance, and efficient capacity utilization
• RAID 0+1: Four hard drives - A mirror of striped drive pairs providing performance and data protection

• Mac Pro RAID Card with 256MB cache and battery
• Installation tool
• Installation and setup instructions

• Mac Pro with the top PCI Express slot (slot 4) open
• Two or more internal SATA or SAS hard drives
• Mac OS X v10.5 or Mac OS X Server v10.5 or later