Mac Mini Server SSD

Hello


I'm planning on doing some upgrades to a late 2009 Core 2 Duo 2.53Ghz Mac Mini Server which is getting a little sluggish on me. I'm running Snow Leopard Server on it, and it is used in a network of about 8 computers which access a filemaker pro database on it and a shared drive which is hosted on an external drobo unit.


In adddition to maxing its RAM (from te stock 4GB to the max 8GB) I was considering replacing the stock 500GB HDD with an SSD. My question is about the redundancy back currently setup via RAID. I don't need a huge amount of space on the internal drive, I'm using less than 15GB at the moment and have no need for expansion as the file storage is all on a drobo. So, internally all the drive does is host the filemaker databses. I was planning on buying a small SSD, like a 64GB, but was thinking of only buying one drive. Using it as the startup drive, and instead of RAID 0 for safety and backup, clone the primary drive to the secondary stock 500GB drive with carbon copy cloner or time machine or some other function.


Or, would i just be better off springing for two SSDs and putting them in a RAID 0?


thoughts?

Posted on Mar 25, 2012 4:44 AM

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Mar 26, 2012 4:27 AM in response to t00bers

In your situation, since the majority of file activity is

with external storage, little to no improvement will

occur by updating the internal to an SSD drive.


The only thing the SSD will do in your case is

speed booting and loading programs. It will not

speed up server functionality since the CPU gets

commanded to grab stuff from external. Also,

since the activity is over a network, that will be a

much larger bottle neck that any disk drive.


If the system is "sluggush" perhaps some simple

maintainance is required such as rebuilding directories,

permission repair, etc. Also, a survey of running apps

on the Mini an removing any unnecessary apps. Also

a survey of other computers on the network that may

be hogging bandwidth.

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