http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/03/so ... ay-xserve/A company called Sonnet is stepping up to address that gap. Its new xMac Pro Server is a 4U rack-mountable enclosure that holds a 2013 Mac Pro, includes three standard PCI Express expansion slots that hook up to the Mac Pro's Thunderbolt ports, and has enough extra room leftover to fit two 5.25-inch rack peripherals (examples include tape drives or SSDs used for backup purposes). The Mac Pro is mounted sideways in the rack mount so as not to block its fan vents, and cable passthroughs let you to use all of the system's USB 3.0 and Ethernet ports from the outside.
New Sonnet 4u Box for the Trash Can Mac Pro
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New Sonnet 4u Box for the Trash Can Mac Pro
This might solve the PCI problem for folks using the nMP:
MacPro5,1 2012, six core 2 x 3.06, 10.12.5, Digital Performer 9.13, 40 gb ram, 828mkIII, 2408 mkII, MTP AV, Logic Pro X 10.3.1, Studio One v 3.2, Pro Tools 12.7.1