Please go easy on me! I'm definitely not a pro. Thanks!
I have exhausted my Google searches and can't find an answer, so I'm hoping someone here can help.
I was recently given a JBOD by a friend of mine who closed his video editing business (Covid struggles).
The JBOD he gave was a iR8MIS6G - iStoragePro 8 Bay 6G 2U Rack Mount Mini-SAS JBOD Enclosure with a ARC-8026 SAS Expander Module in the back. I want to use this system for mass storage for video editing.
I am currently running a Mac Pro into a Sonnet SCSI expansion chassis which connects via SAS to an 8 bay Sans Digital Chassis. When I set it up with a Sans Digital 8 bay SAS chassis, it works beautifully. The Mac was able to see the enclosure and allow me to initialize all 8 drives as a RAID. However, when I substitute the Sans Digital chassis for the iStoragePro chassis my Mac can not see the chassis. What I'm wondering is, is the ARC 8026 SAS in the back of the iStorage chassis set with some sort of firmware that inhibits the Mac from seeing the drives? (there's 8 x 2TB drives in the enclosure). Or is this controller supposed to be connected to something else first (like a RAID controller card)? My friends little business edited with Macs (not sure if that matters or not).
Is there any solution to getting the Mac to see the drives on this JBOD?
Thanks for any help you can give!!
I have exhausted my Google searches and can't find an answer, so I'm hoping someone here can help.
I was recently given a JBOD by a friend of mine who closed his video editing business (Covid struggles).
The JBOD he gave was a iR8MIS6G - iStoragePro 8 Bay 6G 2U Rack Mount Mini-SAS JBOD Enclosure with a ARC-8026 SAS Expander Module in the back. I want to use this system for mass storage for video editing.
I am currently running a Mac Pro into a Sonnet SCSI expansion chassis which connects via SAS to an 8 bay Sans Digital Chassis. When I set it up with a Sans Digital 8 bay SAS chassis, it works beautifully. The Mac was able to see the enclosure and allow me to initialize all 8 drives as a RAID. However, when I substitute the Sans Digital chassis for the iStoragePro chassis my Mac can not see the chassis. What I'm wondering is, is the ARC 8026 SAS in the back of the iStorage chassis set with some sort of firmware that inhibits the Mac from seeing the drives? (there's 8 x 2TB drives in the enclosure). Or is this controller supposed to be connected to something else first (like a RAID controller card)? My friends little business edited with Macs (not sure if that matters or not).
Is there any solution to getting the Mac to see the drives on this JBOD?
Thanks for any help you can give!!