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Q: What is "best practice" to set up and configure a Mac Mini server with dual 1 TB drives, using RAID 1?

I have been handed a new, out of the box, Mac Mini server.  Has two 1 TB drives in it.  Contractor suggested RAID 1 for the set up.  I have done some research

and found out that in creating the software RAID, this takes away the recovery partition, so I have been reading up on how to create a recovery "disk" using a thumb drive.  this part of the operation I am comfortable with, but there are other issues/concerns that I have.

 

Basically, what is the "best practice" to setup the Mini, configure the RAID and then start the server.  I am assuming the steps would be something like this:

 

1) start up the Mini and run through the normal Maverick setup/config - keep it plain and vanilla

2) grab a copy of the Server app and store it offline in a safe place

3) perform the RAID configuration / reinstall of OS X Maverick using the recovery tools

4) copy down and start the server app

 

This might be considered a very simplified version of this article (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4886 - Mac mini server (Late 2012 and Mid 2011): How to install OS X Server on a software RAID volume), with the biggest difference being I grab a copy of the Server App off of the mini before I reinstall, since I did not purchase it from the App store, but rather it came with the mini.

 

Is there a best practice /  how-to tutorial somewhere that I can follow/learn from? Am I on the right track or headed for a train wreck?

 

thanks in advance

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Server

Posted on Dec 27, 2013 9:11 AM

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