HDX cards in Netstor NA211A-G3 expansion box?

[nedd]

I was wondering if there some folks here that are using Netstor NA211A-G3 PCIe expansion box with HDX cards inside? I was looking into putting HDX2 inside.

[lucienpalmer]

Originally Posted by nedd

I was wondering if there some folks here that are using Netstor NA211A-G3 PCIe expansion box with HDX cards inside? I was looking into putting HDX2 inside.

I’m using the previous generation NA211A with PCIe 2.0 slots and HDX3. Works great.

[nedd]

That is good news, all tree cards in de box? And you could also convert this box to thunderbolt, in the future.

[lucienpalmer]

Yes, when I bought it, they said the PCIe connection card could be swapped out for TB some day.

All three HDX cards are in that one box. Actually, I’m using a totally of two Netstor PCIe expansions on the same system. The second one houses a usb 3 card, PCIe SSD for the system drive, and a SAS Raif card the runs separate SSD raids for project files and video playback.

[nedd]

And everything works as expected, no troubles so far?

I am looking into buying the G3 version and KIT as well to turn this one if necessary onto TB3!

[lucienpalmer]

No problems at all. I’m using them with a 2012 MacPro tower. 10.12.6. And always the latest PT version. Everything is rock solid.

[lucienpalmer]

By the way, I did get the ‘GPU’ version with bigger power supplyTo make sure all three HD X cards had enough power. But it looks like the PCI version 3 that you want to buy already has the bigger power supply. So this is more just a warning for anyone reading this who buys the older PCI version to like mine, you should get that larger power supply in the GPU version.