Are the internal drives on a MacPro3,1 hot swappable?

Question

I believe SATA drives were designed to be hot swappable, but I imagine there might still be some hardware restrictions.

So if you were to unmount a drive, can you swap out a drive in one of the internal drive sleds while the machine is on?

Solution

In 12 years of owning Mac Pros, I've never tried this.

MacRumors, however, says a resounding "No". Don't do it.

Apparently the protocol supports it but the hardware must too. XServes supported it, Pros don't.

I also found on ArsTechnica - Did I fry my Mac Pro?

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