Seven HDs in a MacPro

Jean-François is back and has established a new record with 7HDs installed in a MacPro: 6 SATA HDs set as a RAID 0, and 1 PATA HD hosting the system

So I have decided to buy an ATA Seagate 250GB/ 16MB cache as a bootdisk, and 2 additional SATA Seagates 750GB/16MB cache. Results are amazing: RAID 0 with 5 disks = 360MB/s read/write, and with 6HDs = 400MB/s (430MB/s read and 420MB/s write)! In total, I have a 4.1TB RAID 0 system



I had to remove the optical drive, and prepare a holder to install 3 HDs. I have also installed a small fan in order to cool-down those 3 HDs.

Very nice work, such mod turns the MacPro into a excellent HD video working station.