Hi all,
I am interested in replacing the fusion drive in my 27" 2012 iMac with 2x 2TB SSD drives. Is it possible to put these into a raid state so they are viewed as one drive by the OS?
Thanks.
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Theoretically, it seems to be feasible. However, 2012 iMacs do have SATA blade port (not the PCI-e blade SSD after 2013 models) and SATA port, those can be paired as RAID 1.
My question would be - what would be the gain if Mac Time Machine (even multiple time machines) can be used for solid backup. 2T blade SATA SSD can be a rarity with possible sticker shock.
Another option will be - use an adapter to transform the blade SATA into regular SATA port via this. Then you will have the ability to put two 2T SSD from the newest 2.5" SSD.
You have to use disk utility before OS installation, such as this link did illustrate the steps.
Good luck
Sam
Theoretically, it seems to be feasible. However, 2012 iMacs do have SATA blade port (not the PCI-e blade SSD after 2013 models) and SATA port, those can be paired as RAID 1.
My question would be - what would be the gain if Mac Time Machine (even multiple time machines) can be used for solid backup. 2T blade SATA SSD can be a rarity with possible sticker shock.
Another option will be - use an adapter to transform the blade SATA into regular SATA port via this. Then you will have the ability to put two 2T SSD from the newest 2.5" SSD.
You have to use disk utility before OS installation, such as this link did illustrate the steps.
Good luck
Sam
Are you sure that it is possible to mount two SSD drives in that iMac?
Everything I see says that it not possible to do that.
Great info, thanks. Would be purely to gain performance under boot camp as OSX is fine. I assumed there were two ports since its a fusion drive. I also expect the SSD to fail at some point so would want to replace both drives at that point.
I guess more a mental exercise.
iMAC 2012: Replace Fusion with 2x SSD?
