Apple Mac Pro (Mid 2010) - Manual (Page 61)

61 Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better
Installing Internal Storage Devices
Your Mac Pro has room for six internal drives: two optical drives, and four hard disk or
solid state drives. In most configurations, a single drive occupies the first drive bay and
an optical drive is located in the upper optical drive bay.
You can add up to three 3.5-inch cable-free Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives to the
empty drive bays. The drives must meet these specifications:
 Type: SATA 3 Gb/s
 Width: 3.9 inches (102 mm)
 Depth: 5.7 inches (147 mm)
 Height: 1.0 inch (25.4 mm)
You can add up to three 2.5-inch solid state disk drives (SSDs) to the empty drive bays.
The drives must meet these specifications:
 Type: SATA 3 Gb/s
 Width: 2.5 inches (63.5 mm)
The solid state drives (SSD) come with adapters that fit the 3.5-inch drive bays.
For more information about requirements or supported devices, visit an Apple
Authorized Reseller, the Apple Store at www.apple.com/store, or the Mac Pro Support
website at www.apple.com/support/macpro.