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Promise debuts first internal hard drive sleds for new Mac Pro

Promise Pegasus R4i for new Mac Pro

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Storage specialists Promise Technology has unveiled a pair of internal bays for the Mac Pro, designed to mount up to four hard drives internal to the new computer.

The Pegasus R4i is a RAID module for the MPX Expansion slot, used within the Mac Pro. It contains four swappable modules that contain four 7200 RPM hard drives from Promise, pre-formatted. The unit is powered by the MPX bay power header.

The Pegasus J2i is a more conventional drive sled. Promise calls it a "direct-attach internal storage enclosure" and will ship with one SATA hard dive pre-formatted, with the ability to add a second drive. It appears at present that the J2i will connect with SATA cables to the internal header in the new Mac Pro, with what Promise calls a "custom internal cable assembly."

Both the drives and the sleds are covered by Promise's three-year warranty.

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AppleInsider has requested pricing, with none presently available. The company says that both the modules will be available later in 2019 at the Apple Store, resellers, and Promise's distributors.

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dougd 13 Years · 292 comments

I can't imagine anyone wanting to put spinning disks in this computer. 

mknelson 10 Years · 1164 comments

dougd said:
I can't imagine anyone wanting to put spinning disks in this computer. 

There's a rack mount version coming. The RAID would still provide plenty of bandwidth for a file server or archive system.

It's too bad Apple has do heavily deprecated the Server app.

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fasterquieter 10 Years · 90 comments

May as well charge $1,000. Get into the swing of things.

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sflocal 17 Years · 6164 comments

May as well charge $1,000. Get into the swing of things.

Another ignorant post.

Configure another workstation with exactly the same hardware and and specs.  Come back when reality hits you in the head.

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tnet-primary 14 Years · 243 comments

May as well charge $1,000. Get into the swing of things.

Literally laughing out loud, as I was thinking the exact same thing.  Anything associated with the new Mac Pro should be jacked by 50% premium.  

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