Exactly the problem I’m having with a large capacity Toshiba drive. Only shows up on a cold boot. Frustrating but not impossible to live with.
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MacPro 5.1 & high capacity hard drives
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Any experience lately with Western Digital drives? WD Red, Red Plus and Red Pro NAS HDD series?
What is your Toshiba model? I have two Toshiba drives, 8 TB and now 10 TB, and they both work on warm boot.
All my around 10 WD Drives have warm boot problems. WD Gold over Black to RED (Pro).
My 1-Year-old TOSHIBA MG07ACA14TE work all the time. On Christmas, I replace the WD GOLD 6TB with my second TOSHIBA, a MG07ACA12TE.
@Frixo Cool could i ask you which sled do you mean? could it be such one
http ://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DIYMP9S3E250/
http ://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DIYMP9S3E250/
I think he mean the left one. I'm ready to change my drive.
OWC Hard Drive Tray / Sled / Bracket for Mac Pro (2009, 2010-2012)
OWC Hard Drive Tray / Sled for Mac Pro (2009, 2010-2012), compatible with all 3.5-inch drives, including 6TB-18TB drives with new (2014+) screw mount standard.
Yes same problem for me with WD 10TB, however my 12 TB WD HD works fine!!!!
Mods: There needs to be a sticky post with these data points to help others buy the right drive for their Macs.
Guys, I have some great news! WD Red (not Red Pro!) 3.5" 6 TB series WDC WD60EFAX works great! It has an old mounting hole pattern and it works on warm boot. Great choice for 5,1 users! Enjoy!
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WD Red (not Red Pro!) 3.5" 6 TB series WDC WD60EFAX works great! It has an old mounting hole pattern and it works on warm boot. Great choice for 5,1 users! Enjoy!
WD Red NAS Hard Drive, Internal Hard Drive (2 TB to 6 TB) | Western Digital
With capacities ranging from 2TB to 6TB, WD Red® HDDs offer customers cost effective storage for personal and home NAS systems with up to 8 bays.
Strange, strange behaviour:
I want to install Seagate EXOS X12 ST1200NM0127 12TB — got these drives, as this series were told not having Power Disable problem (3rd pin) and surviving reboots. But i can get these drives recognised only when they are connected via sata cables in optical bay. Normal 4 SATA tray ports seem not to power drives up. Trying to cover 3rd pin - no luck.
Sata tray ports work fine with 4 old HDDs.
I want to install Seagate EXOS X12 ST1200NM0127 12TB — got these drives, as this series were told not having Power Disable problem (3rd pin) and surviving reboots. But i can get these drives recognised only when they are connected via sata cables in optical bay. Normal 4 SATA tray ports seem not to power drives up. Trying to cover 3rd pin - no luck.
Sata tray ports work fine with 4 old HDDs.
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Seagate EXOS X12 ST1200NM0127 12TB is normally detected in 1st left sata tray port, without any pins coverage, surviving warm reboot. How is it possible? Is there any difference between sata ports?
Seagate EXOS X12 ST1200NM0127 12TB is normally detected in 1st left sata tray port, without any pins coverage, surviving warm reboot. How is it possible? Is there any difference between sata ports?
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Not necessary different on spec, but may be the slightly timing / latency difference make the bug disappear.
The HDD may able to work flawlessly in that condition. Then one day suddenly won't show up after warm reboot again.
These HDDs are detected only by optical bay SATAs and first tray Sata. Investigating further…
Has anyone had luck with a Seagate BarraCuda 8TB (ST8000DMZ04) for Time Machine use in a 2010 cMP?
It looks like it may have the older mounting holes similar to my Seagate 4TB drive.
It looks like it may have the older mounting holes similar to my Seagate 4TB drive.
How did you conclude about this?
I can't seem to find any evidence in favor of that conclusion, but only on the contrary. Other than googling pics and specs, there seems to be no obvious way to find out but to go and buy the product.
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I can't seem to find any evidence in favor of that conclusion, but only on the contrary. Other than googling pics and specs, there seems to be no obvious way to find out but to go and buy the product.
Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM004 8TB,Internal,5400 RPM,3.5 inch (ST8000DMZ04/DM004… 763649129548 | eBay
Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM004 8TB,Internal,5400 RPM,3.5 inch (ST8000DMZ04/DM004….
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Thanks. That’s exactly what I was looking for (I had surgery this week, so I have limited capabilities right now).How did you conclude about this?
I can't seem to find any evidence in favor of that conclusion, but only on the contrary. Other than googling pics and specs, there seems to be no obvious way to find out but to go and buy the product.
View attachment 2352149Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM004 8TB,Internal,5400 RPM,3.5 inch (ST8000DMZ04/DM004… 763649129548 | eBay
Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM004 8TB,Internal,5400 RPM,3.5 inch (ST8000DMZ04/DM004….www.ebay.com
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I've got an ex-data centre Western Digital Ultrastar 12TB DC HC520 bought from Amazon in an OWC sled running fine with no issues other than it doesn't appear after a warm restart. DriveDx reporting ~400TB written to it over 48 months, with an 'Average' health rating of ~54%, which for the money I paid for it is fine by me. The MTBF on these drives is more than enough to keep me in the comfort zone, especially with read/write speeds ~255MB/s.
The Seagate ST6000NM0115 6TB worked for me as a Time Machine drive.
It fit in the original 2010 cMP sled.
I paid $99:
Seagate ST6000NM0115 3.5"-Inch HDD 6TB 7200 RPM 512e SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive
Seagate Exos 7E8 ST6000NM0115 6TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6Gb/s (512e) 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drive is ninth-generation drives lead the industry with a range of high-capacity enterprise drive options. Available in SATA III interfaces, these drives feature enterprise-class reliability with the powe...
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These work fine on unnlodified cMP5,1
Exos 16TB
ST16000NM001G
I have 4 running in disk bays 1-2-3-4
No problems to report
