Mac Pro, ATTO R680, iStoragePro 8-Bay (6gb/sec) = RAID 6 and Confidence Crisis. What Now??

[Ron Amborn]

To my knowledge istorage pro has changed their business model and is only doing OEM through their parent company so if you go that route you maybe surprised at the lack of attention to the after sale.

Sincerely,
Ron Amborn President
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[Tudor Paslaru]

Hello, we have the latest mac pro and want to buy R680, I see you have the same controller. Do you have fan speed noise problems after installing this card?

thanks

[Mike Masse]

Hello Tudor,

Fan noise not a problem — now. Originally, fan noise was wicked. Several ATTO flash bundle / firmware upgrades ago (end of 2011), atto made a fix. Now fan starts fairly quiet (not a bother), and escalates based on temp. My system very rarely kicks fan up a level.

See ATTO PRN (Product Release Notes) for more info. Current fw is fine though.

Michael

[Alex Gerulaitis]

[Mike Masse] “That said, the integration piece is a problem. A reliable RAID is and the enclosure needs to share what they know about how to set up their enclosures with their preferred card (atto)”

Thanks Mike (and Bob), the whole thread was a great read.

I take it, the solution at the time was to roll back the firmware?