[Jon Hunwick]

Hi,

I was disappointing when i saw MAC OSX was not supported so i did some further investigation…

there is a link on the above page that says: click here for a full listing of suported OS’s

https://www.3ware.com/support/OS-Support.asp

The 3ware 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID controller, 8000/9500S series Serial ATA RAID controller, 3ware 9550SX(U) series Serial ATA II RAID, 3ware 9650SE series RAID 6 PCIe Serial ATA II controllers, and 9690SA PCIe SAS/SATA controllers provide support for the following operating systems:

Windows | Linux(sorted by controller card) | Linux(sorted by Linux distribution) | FreeBSD(sorted by controller card) | FreeBSD(sorted by FreeBSD version) | Mac OS X | OpenSolaris | VMware |

further down:
9690SA Series

* Mac OS X 10.4.8 (or higher) and 10.5.0 (or higher) for Mac Pro systems

So this should mean I can use it with MAC OSX. I am going to get in touch with 3ware and find out what expander chassis + drive combos they recommend. I saw their both at NAB and they had a few working setups with both Avid and FCP.

I’ve also been looking at the ATTO, CalDigit and Rocket raid cards…

I intend on building a solution in the near future… but it has to be with the right Card, chassis and drive combo.

thanks for you info so far though!

Cheers

Jon