User Guide

Ideal for video editing and image
processing applications
Increases your Mac Pro’s performance by
up to 10x
Easy install - takes just minutes
Uses a single PCIe x4 slot
Fully congurable – can be used
singularly or in tandem for greater
performance
Formatted w/ four high performance
WD SSDs – Total Capacity of 512GB*
Breakneck speeds reduces video
render times by up to 80%
420% increase in image
processing performance
Pre-congured with Mac
BIOS and RAID 0 (striping)
for maximum performance
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High Performance Internal SSD RAID Array for Mac Pro
Increase your Mac Pro’s computing power up to
10 times with Apricorn’s internal SSD RAID Array
Looking to super charge your Mac Pro? Apricorn’s Mac
Array is a turnkey solution that will instantly increase your
Mac Pro’s processing power.
Ideal for high performance applications such as video editing and image processing,
the Mac Array internal SSD RAID Array takes your Mac Pro to the next level. Bridging
the gap between your computer’s high capacity, slow hard drive and your system’s
RAM, the Mac Array’s speedy SSD RAID takes over your computer’s processing (acting
as virtual memory) for a performance increase of up to 10 times.
Built around four high performance solid state drives on Apricorn’s SATA PCIe Host Card,
the Mac Array’s unique form factor uses only one internal full length PCIe X4 slot, keeping
the other slots and drive bays free for expansion. Fully congurable, the Mac Array can be
used singularly or for the ultimate boost - in tandem with a second or even third Mac Array
for even greater performance.
Perfect for HD video rendering, Apricorn’s Mac Array has been
shown to slash rendering times by 80% in real world tests.
When used to render a 3.20 minute music video with Final Cut Pro, the Mac Array cut
rendering time from 18 minutes to less than 4 minutes. Converting the corresponding
video to QuickTime was reduced from 20 minutes to just 3 minutes.
Great for Graphic Artists too. With image processing performance
increases of up to 420% the Mac Array is also ideal for fast
image editing.
Real world tests using the MacArray as a scratch disk showed phenomenal results in
image processing. Using Photoshop v.12 to rotate a 1.8GB photo the Mac Array showed
performance increases of 420% over a traditional 7200RPM SATA hard drive. Rotation
of the high resolution image decreased from 2:15 minutes to just 32 seconds with the
Mac Array.
The Mac Array comes pre-congured with the Mac BIOS and RAID 0 (striping) for
maximum performance and takes just minutes to install. Simply remove your Mac Pro’s
side panel, slide the Mac Array into an available PCIe X4 slot, replace the side panel
and install the included driver. Your system will instantly recognize the newly installed
drives – with the drives already formatted, you are now ready for business.
Mac Array