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pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

This is my first ever build, I am planning to use this as a virtualization server & personal data archive - using 4 HDD in RAID 10 is it possible to create RAID 10, I don't see the option in RAID assistance from the disk utility - any other ways to achieve this.
 
JCsHS
ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING |  i7 8700 |  HD 630
DannyApple said:
This is my first ever build, I am planning to use this as a virtualization server & personal data archive - using 4 HDD in RAID 10 is it possible to create RAID 10, I don't see the option in RAID assistance from the disk utility - any other ways to achieve this.
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I haven't personally tried this, but here's a link with instructions on how to create RAIDs using Disk Utility: macOS Disk Utility Can Create Four Popular RAID Arrays

If you want more advanced RAID features, you can try SoftRAID.

Beyond that, you would need to look at hardware based RAID PCI-e cards.

Also, keep in mind that, as far as I know, macOS has no support for VT-d. This means no direct I/O to GPU, etc.
 
Also one more thing, BTW sorry for too many questions - I am unable to install the OS on a Samsung NVMe 960 Ev0 250 GB, it shows up in the disk manager but unable to mount or format to any file system . As of now its running of a 1 TB HDD which I will be using for RAID setup.
 
JCsHS
ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING |  i7 8700 |  HD 630
DannyApple said:
Also one more thing, BTW sorry for too many questions - I am unable to install the OS on a Samsung NVMe 960 Ev0 250 GB, it shows up in the disk manager but unable to mount or format to any file system . As of now its running of a 1 TB HDD which I will be using for RAID setup.
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When you have booted in to the macOS High Sierra (High Sierra was the first version of macOS to officially add support for NVMe), launch Disk Utility. Then, click on View in the menu bar and select Show All Devices.
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You should be able to highlight your 960 EVO and initialize it.

Once again, any version of macOS older than High Sierra does not have support for NVMe. It's possible to get them to work with hacks but I never tried using them and can't speak for how well they work or how difficult the hacks are to apply.
 
pastrychef said:
As I noted in the first post, I had been using a Dell DW1830 M.2 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card. It had been working well but I wanted to use a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card from a real Mac. So, I ordered a BCM94360CS2 that is found in 2013-2017 MacBook Airs and an appropriate M.2 adaptor for it.

The BCM94360CS2 and M.2 adaptor is too tall to close the bracket casing that's included with the motherboard, but that's fine. Securing both to the bracket works fine. Because it's taller, one of the pigtail antennas will not be able to reach. I swapped it with one of the pigtails from the PCI-e adaptor I used for my previous build.

In my particular case, the height of the BCM94360CS2 and adaptor forced me to shave off a little bit of the rear case fan in the corner.

Reasons:
  • The BCM94360CS2 only requires 2 antennas vs the 3 required for the DW1830. This works out better with this motherboard because the bracket and backplate on this motherboard were designed for 2 antennas.
  • Guaranteed 100% compatibility.
  • No need for additional kexts or patches.
Advantages/Disadvantages:
  • The DW1830 was too wide to fit in to the bracket that came with the motherboard, so I just had it plugged in to the M.2 connector with nothing securing it.
  • There has been some reports that the DW1830 would be slow after sleep in macOS. I didn't test this.
  • The DW1830 is capable of 1300Mbps. The BCM94360CS2 is only capable of 867Mbps.
  • The BCM94360CS2 is true plug-n-play with macOS. The DW1830 required two kexts for Bluetooth to work.
Here are the items I purchased:
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MacBook Air 13 A1465 A1466 2013 2014 WiFi Bluetooth Air Port Card BCM94360CS2 AP | eBay
Amazon.com: New WiFi Bluetooth Card BCM94360CS2 For MacBook Air 13'' A1465 A1466 Mid 2013: Computers & Accessories

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BCM94360CS2 Card To NGFF(M.2) Key A/E Adapter For Mac OS and Hackintosh | eBay
Amazon.com: Hobbypower BCM94360CS2/BCM943224PCIEBT2 Card To NGFF(M.2) Key A/E Adapter For Mac OS: Computers & Accessories


Here it is with everything assembled:
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Here's a picture of it installed. (Thanks @Lestliness for the picture!):
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Edit (January 19, 2018):
As I noted above, one of the stock pigtail antennas will be too short to reach the BCM94360CS2. You can replace the pigtail with something like this:
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4X IPEX /MHF4 to RP-SMA Antenna Pigtail for NGFF/M.2 WIFI/WLAN/3G/4G Modules-US | eBay
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If you don't mind adding a couple of kexts, I used Broadcom BCM94352Z NGFF which exactly matches the original in size and only requires 2 antennas.
 
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Z370M-ITX/ac |  i7 8700K |  HD 630
DOCBJR said:
The computer took about 5 seconds before it gave me the normal prompt....no response.
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It does take a long time. This should tell you what is causing your computer to wake. Without this info, it's impossible to figure out what's wrong.

The previous outputs tell us if anything is preventing sleep.
 
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