HT4718 Intel MacPro RAID 5

Lost boot drive and no system disk. How can I boot the system now?

Your boot drive was a RAID 5?
Reactiv8r wrote:
Lost boot drive and no system disk. How can I boot the system now?
If really a RAID 5 for a boot drive then:
Phone a freind who will let you use their Admin user to copy their Recovery HD to a USB thumb drive.
You'll need a fast stable Internet and your AppleID and password to redownload 10.7
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/08/lion-recovery-disk-assistant-tool-makes-external- lion-boot-recovery-drives/
If a single spindle boot drive, then just hold command r and boot the machine into Recovery, or command option r for Internet Recovery.
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Setting up dual ethernet on an intel macpro server

Hello. I am new to the server setup and was wondering....I am using an intel MacPro as a server with a 3.5TB raid. I am using the MacPro as a server, connecting to a 24-port SMC switch which will feed 15 workstations. The internet is through a local T-1. My question is this....How do I configure the Macpro to take the T-1 into ethernet #1, and then out of ethernet #2 to the switch and distribute it using the DHCP service in server admin? I know how to configure the DHCP in server admin, but how do I configure the Ethernet ports on the macpro so ethernet port 1 is the T-1 and ethernet port#2 is sending the T-1 to the switch? Sorry if I am confusing you, like I said, I am new to this. Hope there is some insight available. Tahnks in advance for your assistance.

I wouldn't recommend this because most people who do this have the 'server' running not just NAT, but probably their web site, a file server, maybe directory server, and just about every other server daemon they want.
If this server has one leg in the public internet and one in the private LAN you're leaving yourself open to exposing those services to external users.
It is not possible to use Apple's GUI tools to restrict all the file sharing services to the internal LAN only. It's also not possible to use Apple's GUI to block external traffic via the firewall. This means that, out of the box, any internet user could hit your AFP server, your directory server, and every other service you're running on this box.
It is possible to secure the box, but it means a) getting under the hood and controlling the various services manually and b) never using Server Admin again because it will likely undo all the hand-crafted configuration changes you made.
If you're fine with that, then go ahead. Most people aren't. So your options are to run only the NAT service on this box (which makes this box a VERY expensive NAT device), or leave yourself exposed.
That's why I say to use a NAT router to do that task. For $50 you get a box that designed for that task and will secure your entire internal network. You can use port forwarding to permit specific incoming traffic through to your server (so you can still do what you want), and you don't have to worry (as much) about what information on the server is accessible to the outside world.

Where can I find Event Log ID's, produced by Intel ICH9R RAID controller on Windows Server 2003?

I need to monitor RAID errors and events by parsing Event Log, but I need a list of possible errors that I can find in event log. I'm using Intel ICH9R RAID controller. Server manufacturer (SuperMicro) said, that errors, produced by controller, are interpreted
by Winows and than are put to Event Log, so I need to find this info somewhere else.

Hi,
As far as I know, there isn’t such as list present those Event Log ID’s for Intel ICH9R RAID controller, you may contact Intel to perform
the further research, you may also wait for other customer's experience sharing on this.
By the way, based on my experience, most of the IT guys will use the monitor application/toolkit comes with the RAID controller, so you may contact Intel
also to get more information. Thanks for your understanding.
Best Regards,
Vincent Hu

Need hints for Optimizing Photoshop CS4 on Leopard / Intel MacPro

Just wondering if anyone had any hints for optimizing PS CS4 performance on Intel MacPro ( I have the 2.66 Dual-core Xeon) My MacPro has the upgrade ATI 1900 video card which I think is GL enabled. From what I have read CS4 now accesses the ATI 1900's GPU memory for increased performance. Is this correct? Does anything need to be configured or does CS4 automatically detect the ATI 1900 GPU?
Any other configuration in CS4 that need to be set?
Thanks.

Open Photoshop's preferences (Command+K). Click on Performance at the left. The lower right portion of the settings will say if PS detected a compatible video card. If it did, the check box for "Enable OpenGL Drawing" will already be on.
The features that OpenGL drawing adds to PS are listed here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb404898
That may help you decide whether or not you want it on. Personally, I turned it off. One big reason for me is paths. I have to create a LOT of paths for client work. With OpenGL on, paths can be difficult to downright impossible to see as you draw them, depending on the color of the underlying pixels. With OpenGL off, PS uses the standard complementary contrasting colors. Much easier to use.

Installing Arch on a Intel P55 raid

Hello, i would like to install Arch on a stripped raid made with the Intel P55 chipset, while it works without problems on Windows, it seems i'll have to do some work to make it work on Arch.
I didn't found anything about installing the system on intel's raid in the begginer's guide, and from what i've found, i will need dmraid to install ArchLinux on the raid but it seems dmraid isn't included in Arch's linux iso
"Warning: Command "dmraid -ay" could fail after boot to Arch linux Release: 2011.08.19 as image file with initial ramdisk environment does not support dmraid. You could use an older Release: 2010.05. Note that you must correct your kernel name and initrd name in grubs menu.lst after installing as these releases use different naming"
from the wiki
Means i have to use an "outdated" Archlinux to install it on a raid, and upgrade afterward if i'm correct. Isn't there a way for me to create an iso that include rmdisk ?
Can i, from way or an other, use the latest ArchLinux iso, and put the rmdisk in a usbkey, and use it from there for ArchLinux install ?
Is the intel P55 chipset supported at all ?
Note that this raid doesn't contain Windows system, only data, and can be formated entierly if required without problems.
Thanks for your time.
Best regards, Magissia

Magissia wrote: Isn't there a way for me to create an iso that include rmdisk ?
Can i, from way or an other, use the latest ArchLinux iso, and put the rmdisk in a usbkey, and use it from there for ArchLinux install ?
Create an ISO:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso (you can add the packages you need, such as "rmdisk", build the archiso, and boot it)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archboot i think this one is similar (I did not try yet)
Install on USB:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Usb_install
An arch-installation can be done with all 3 ways I mentioned. (you can even grab an existing arch, copy the files over, chroot, configure, and boot)
Good luck.

Any Idea if a first Gen. Intel MacPro 2.66 Xeon Dual Core running SL will run CS5 in 64 BIT mode?

Hi,
I have a Intel MacPro first Generation Dual 2.66 Xeon processor machine running Snow Leopard and I was wondering if it will be able to run PS CS5 in 64 Bit mode or does it have to be a later generation MacPro?

Tom Usrey wrote:
Bennett, I'm afraid that I don't know the answer to your question. But hopefully someone will happen along to at least give you some help, instead of answering your question with three questions of their own. Hang in there!
The original question was 'answered' with questions because the original question was so odd. CS5 has not been announced so no one can state what it can do. This is not rocket science about software that has not been released yet. If someone knows the answer to the question, they are not allowed to say anything yet. This is how prerelease Adobe software is handled.

MacPro Raid Card single drive size limit

OK this is a follow up to a previous question about the upper size limit of a single HD that the Macpro Raid card can address.
It was pointed out to me that "The Apple RAID card cannot address more than 2.2TB of a drive" by Mr. Grant Bennet-Alder. So I am assuming that a 2TB SAS will work.
I plan to RMA the 4TB drive (that was not recognised), so my question is will this drive work instead?
Seagate Constellation ES 2TB 6GB/S SAS 7200RPM 3.5in (ST2000NM0001) Hard Drive - setup as JBOD.
It's not that I don't believe what Grant has said, it's just that I don't want to RMA this drive as well, using the old wood working philosophy of 'measure twice, cut once.'
And I spent 2 hr looking for this info on Apple's support site without any luck.
SYS INFO
MacPro 5,1
2 X 6 Core 2.93 GHz Xeon
Mac Pro RAID Card
Bay 1: 450GB Seagate Cheetah SAS -JBOD
Bay 2: 450GB Seagate Cheetah SAS - Raid set 1
Bay 3: 450GB Seagate Cheetah SAS - Raid set 1
Bay 4: 2TB Seagate Constellation (potential drive) to be JBOD
Raid set 1: Raid 0 - 900GB
OWC Mercury Accelsior 240GB
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Mac OS X 10.6.8
All software updates current and applied
Thanks
-Robert
Previous thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21675625#21675625

If a Disk Fails If a RAID set or volume becomes degraded because a disk has failed, you can use RAID Utility to identify the disk that needs to be replaced.
Note: If your RAID setup includes a spare drive, it is automatically incorporated into the RAID set, and the set switches from degraded to good as soon as the recovery process finishes. If there is no spare, the set will remain degraded until you replace the failed drive, and if a second drive fails before you replace the first, you could lose data.
To replace a failed disk:
1 Open RAID Utility, select the RAID set or volume that is displaying a problem status indicator, and look for a drive bay with a red status indicator. The bay numbers in RAID Utility correspond to the numbered drive bays in your Mac Pro or Xserve.
2 Replace the bad drive module.
3 Use the Make Spare command to set up the new drive as a global spare. If no spare was available when the original drive failed, the RAID card uses the new spare immediately to rebuild the affected RAID set and volumes. If a spare was available at the time of the failure, it is already incorporated into the affected RAID set, and the new spare remains available until it is needed.
https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/0/MA318/en_US/RAID_Utility_User_Guide.pdf

Cracks with matrix reverb on intel macpro

I use matrix reverb on G4 and G5 without problem. since i am on intel macpro, there are crackles with the matrix reverb.
Do you have an idea ?

Hi,
I never use that plugin,I use Logic's Space Designer...
Maybe Apple knows why it crackles on an Intel machine,ask them please...

UPGRADE from 1.8 G5 - to a Dual 3.0 Intel MacPro

Hi guys, sometime after Christmas, I'm going to be be upgrading to one of the MacPro machines. I just wanted to get some feedback from people here that own and have been using their MacPro machine for a little while now.
I'm thinking of going with the dual 3.0 Ghz model - is there any reason I shouldn't? Is there a faster one soon approaching that I should wait for? etc etc.
Also - I know a lot of my programs proably aren't going to run on the new machine - I've heard that Adobe CS1 won't run under Rosetta from some - and then others say it will? Kinda confused on this.
Also I play games from time to time - I have UT2004, Doom 3, video game emulators...etc etc will these now not work on a MacPro? Are there patches I'll have to install to make then Intel native? Am I going to have to re-purchase them? groan
Any help you guys can provide me with is much appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Paul, first and foremost I recommend the move to the Mac Pro. you'll notice a significant performance boost from startup to the everyday use of your system and applications (even in Rosetta).
But there are some things you should think about:
A faster processor is bound to be a bummer sooner then you'll expect, but the architecture of the Mac Pro is going to stick around for a while now so save some bucks on Ghz and invest in A-lot of RAM (4GB at least).
A better Graphics card then the standard Nvidia 7300 is a must for heavy-duty scientific use (and for gaming) but I wouldn't go as far as the Nvidia Quadro and settel for the excellent card by ATI.
A substantial boost in performance (and a lasting one for your next systems as well) can be gained by setting a RAID -0 Consisting of two drives logically defined as one. Setup is a snap and the benefit for disk intensive tasks is incredible.
try this short MacWorld piece for details:
http://www.macworld.com/2006/10/features/macprohd/index.php
Now about software, the real performance benefit will be naturally gained in Universal applications that take full advantage of the Mac's multi-processor capabilities.
But I have been using Adobe's Photoshop CS1 on my Mac Pro and it works just fine (and fast enough with RAID), the vast majority of software I use already have online free upgrades and I bet this will be the case with most games (UR tournament and Doom for sure)
Overall it's without a doubt the best piece of hardware I ever used, Software transition pains and all...
Hope you found out something new.
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MacPro Raid Card w/ SAS Drives is battery required?

We have a MacPro (early 2008) dual 2.8 Quad with Mac Raid Card and 4 300g SAS drives. The battery became an issue early on it was always showing low on start-ups. Now it shows failed. I am now running system with 3 drives striped raid 0. Is the battery required to be replaced? I like this system for the speed it gives us on short HD, using my original media as the back-up. I am a little out of my league with the SAS drives so any opperation tips would be a plus! Thanx in advance....

The RAID card allows for the use of SAS drives or for the use of RAID 5 (which requires checksum calculation on writes and for data re-creation after a failure).
The battery assures that the data will be held in the RAID card's RAM until it can be written to the drives, even if a power failure occurs just after the data are written to the card (but before they are re-written to the drives).
Not using that feature? You don't need the battery.
Not using RAID 5 or SAS drives? You don't need the Apple RAID card. Disk Utility can set up Striped or Mirrored RAID sets.

MacPro Raid ?. Can I stripe 3 promise 450gb SAS drives.

I'm thinking about ordering a new MacPro Quad core 3.33ghz. Along with the raid card and 3 Promise 450GB SAS drives. Can I stripe across 3 drives or does it half to be 2 or 4.
Secondly can I put a SATA drive in the 4th bay and install OSX and use bootcamp to install windows? Then of course I would occas boot into windows.
Thanks for the help in advance.
Ray

Most people find the Apple RAID card too much trouble.
You want to check the Apple support pages for RAID card, too.
Can't mix SATA and SAS.
Can't run Windows natively (VM only).
Changes sleep behavior.
I'd invest in SSD or high speed SATA.
Having run 2.66 / 3.0 / 3.4GHz it really depends if it is worth the extra cost, but in any event, wait for Xeon 5600/3600s to come out.
http://www.apple.com/support/macpro/

[SOLVED] Problems installing on Intel Matrix Raid / FAKE RAID

Using Intel Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 11.0.0.1339
I've created a:
RAID0(Stripe) Strip 32KB Size 214.3GB Status Normal Bootable Yes
Volume which I want to install Arch on.
I've gone through this all the way to a successful install using Fedora (if that is of any help whatsoever)?
So, with Arch, I have read and tried:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … e_RAID_set
As soon as I do a UEFI or BIOS install of Arch and run lsblk I get:
sda-
md126
sdb-
md126
(and using gdisk can create ef00 200M partition and root such as: md126p1 md126p2)
Once I follow https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … e_RAID_set, and, do:
# modprobe dm_mod
# dmraid -ay
[ 39.383447] device-mapper: table: 254:1 striped: Couldn't parse stripe destination
RAID set "isw_dejgjdecda_SSD" was not activated
ERROR: device "isw_dejgjdecda_SSD" could not be found
I am hoping I may end my story here and someone will reply something along the lines of "well, that's because....", and I can continue on my determined attempt to install Arch on this RAID Volume.
However, obviously, I have not just given up at this point, so, some more info just in case it helps:
I can access /dev/md126 in gdisk and use gdisk fully
I can mount/pacstrap/genfstab/chroot/
Then - problems arise - I cannot seem to get the install to boot after having tried either UEFI or BIOS boot using Syslinux, Gummiboot & Grub - always used GPT for the Array by the way.
Any ideas? Is there a module to load? I'm still a newbie guys, so, apologies for any glaring mistakes....
Thank you all very much for any help with this.
Frazer.
Last edited by frazer (2014-07-10 11:20:04)

Replying per your email request. I have hardly zero experience with fakeraid. I ran one for a few weeks but then discovered zfs and never looked back. Sorry dude.

Erase old error messages of MacPro RAID Card?

Hi there.
I changed HDDs in my MacPro, they were configured as an RAID 1 using Apples RAID Card.
After mirroring the old System to the new (RAID 5) System, there are several error messages left in RAID Utility - where are they located to delete them?
Maybe I was wrong simply to change the HDDs, but is there a chance to solve that issue?
Thanks in advance.

Get someone on ebay to buy your over priced under supported card.
Or accept the 2.2TB (some people only got the 800GB portion which needs to be set as free space).
Or use 2TB drives.
Or external RAID but watch out for ATTO SAS and their Java program that doesn't work.
WD RED 3TB drives are designed for NAS RAID, firmware to support RAID TLER.
SoftRAID 4 makes a nice software RAID and does a good mirror with three drives in stripe reads (mirror only begins with minimum of two).
NO Apple just won't can't whatever offer a card and firmware. Odd with all their GUID support for large volumes isn't it.
It is designed for smaller SAS drives in today's world. And for RAID5 on 3TB and issues with battery... POS throw it up on ebay!

GS70 Stealth Intel Rapid Raid Problems

Hi everybody,
I bought my GS70 a year ago, and last month I decided to try the super raid that they talked about in the website. I already had an SSD almost since I bought it (actually I won a contest in the spanish forum about posting a review of a game using the GS70 :P) but I didn't have enough money to buy the second one.
I have configured the raid 0. Windows recognise it and I have tested it speed:
The pic shows my HDD speed, my first SSD alone and the Raid 0.
My problem is that since I have done it, Intel Rapid says that there is an error and it doesn't recognize the raid
Sorry about the spanish, but the Spanish forum doesn't exist anymore. I can translate the text if someone needs to understand clearly what it says.
Thank you in advance

No, here is not the right board for your post. It should belongs to Gaming Notebooks.
Which GS70 model do you have? The GS70 Stealth?
Here is a tutorial made by MSI which you can have a look:
Make sure you didn't lost any set ups while creating the RAID 0 volume.
If your GS70 originally has the pre-installed system, then create the recovery media for the system restore after you installed the new SSD.
If you're using the windows installation disk, make sure you use the official drivers downloaded from MSI website.
GS70 Stealth: http://www.msi.com/support/nb/GS70-STEALTH.html#down-bios

Expand MacPro RAID?

Hi gang,
I have a MacPro with Apple's RAID card. I have 4 x 1TB drives installed, one as the boot disk and the other 3 in a RAID 5 array. I was thinking about swapping the 3 RAID drives for 1.5 TB drives. Can the Apple RAID card handle this? I am imaging that when I swap a drive, the old contents will be copied to the new drive from the redundant data on the other 2 RAID drives. When I am done this process with all 3 of the drives, then what? Will I still have a RAID set the same size as the original, or will I be able to use the new space?
Cheers!

There are several ways to expand your capacity. With Apple RAID card, you are limited to 4 drives,
so you may need to remove those 4 drives and put another 4 new back to MP.
When you need to access your old data in old 4 drives, you then unplug the existing 4 drives and put the old one back.
But that also means your data are in different RAID/Drives which may not be the perfect solution for you and you wiil have to re-seat the drives all the time.
There is another way to expand your internal RAID to external drives. Take a look at CalDigit website.
They have their RAID card that works seamlessly with MacPro 4x internal drives, then you can expand your storage to another 3x HDElemnts (4 drives in each Element).
In other word, you can increase your RAID capacity to 24TB, 1.5TB/each, 4 internal, 12 external.
FYI -
http://www.CalDigit.com/RAIDCard/raidcard_flexibility.html
http://www.CalDigit.com/HDElement/hdelement_12drives.html
When you expand the RAID capacity, you will also need to increase File System size in MacOS, and iPartition can do very good job for you -
http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iPartition.php
In fact, I just read a very good review on creativecow.net talking about HDElement for video editing and general purpose
http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/228/686
Hope this helps!

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