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I have a Mac Mini late 2012 with a Fusion drive.
I think that the harddisk is getting too hot and I want to replace it.
The files on the fusion drive are no more than 300 GB.
I also possess a SSD of 500 GB.
My question is:
1) can I replace the harddisk with the SSD?
2) what would you recommend: making the two SSDs into a Fusion drive or making them separate disks?
Mac mini, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7; 16GB Memory
The design concept of using a Fusion drive is to take advantage of the "speed" of an SSD and the "storage capacity" of a HDD. You cannot create a Fusion drive with two SSDs nor two HDDs.
You should be able to replace your existing HDD with an SSD, but they will need to be treated as separate drives.
How to create and disable a Fusion Drive - TechRepublic
The design concept of using a Fusion drive is to take advantage of the "speed" of an SSD and the "storage capacity" of a HDD. You cannot create a Fusion drive with two SSDs nor two HDDs.
You should be able to replace your existing HDD with an SSD, but they will need to be treated as separate drives.
How to create and disable a Fusion Drive - TechRepublic
Your reply is clear.
Now another question:
I do have another harddisk of 500 GB.
Can I make a combination of the 500 GB SSD and the 500 GB harddisk? Or is the capacity of the SSD too much? This combination would give me more capacity.
Yes, you should be able to. If your drives are currently configured as a Fusion drive, you will need to “break” that configuration, and then, create a new one with the SSD & the HDD. The link I already provided you should provide you with the necessary steps to do so.
Thank you very much.
Two SSDs in Mini 2012
