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Is this possible….
Is it possible to convert a 4 bay external SCSI enclosure to accept 4 SATA drives? (I’ve had the enclosure for about 7 years. Very expensive) I got all 4 SATA drives to mount & power up in the enclosure. Just not sure how to cable/raid them to the Mac 3.0 dual quad computer. Is there a kit? What would I have to purchase?
Thanks,
SteveSteve from NY
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Probably not but contact the maker of the enclosure.
SATA and SCSI are totally different drive interface and data systems with different power supplies and connectors and handler cards.bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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Hi
I’ve done this for an older PCI-X G5. But it was angle-grinder time 😉
The Mac has an eight-port Sonnet Tempo 8 eSATA card in it, and the external box has ordinary PCI-slot-cover SATA external port-replicator sockets chopped down to fit in the SCSI openings in the back of the box.Inside the box there is a short SATA cable that goes to each drive from the socket, and an SATA>eSATA 1 metre cable connects the socket on the back to the Sonnet card.
The 8-channel cable bunch is a sight to behold, but the drive box is mounted directly under the computer, and the cables bunched together and tied back.
Inside the drive box I fitted a couple of 6-drive Intel Server hot-swap caddy SATA drive cages, which gives drive swapability without cable fiddling.
Also lovely twinkly green activity LEDs on the front panel – just like a proper drive bay 😉As an aside its far easier converting a SCSI box to FW800, as you can get FW800 bridge boards that exactly fit in the SCSI openings.
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