...and "FusionDrive" which I configured on a 2011 previous gen iMac with a 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD and 256 SSD.
What you configured is not a Fusion Drive.
I just sent my new 27" iMac back today, I got it on December 17th. I'm a videographer and I made the mistake of getting it configured with a 3TB Fusion Drive. If you're going to do anything that uses large files, the SSD part of the Fusion Drive fills up and doesn't transfer the rest of the data to the HDD part as it should. I got an error message saying the drive is full (for an 80GB video file), and the apps (Compressor and FCP X) just freeze. I've also had data corruption with the Fusion Drive because data is swapped between the SSD and HDD drives causing data integrity problems.
I just ordered another iMac, this time with a conventional 3TB HDD, but delivery date is approximately February 11th.
An iMac is a complicated piece of kit, especially the new ones. To call issues such as these "amateur," whatever you mean by that, is ludicrous.
I mean, this is 2013, you'd think ignorant people would have stopped disrupting forum discussions by now...
An iMac is a complicated piece of kit, especially the new ones. To call issues such as these "amateur," whatever you mean by that, is ludicrous.
I mean, this is 2013, you'd think ignorant people would have stopped disrupting forum discussions by now...
What you configured is not a Fusion Drive.
Ordered mine on day 1 too. Received it in Dec., far earlier than estimates. It is very sweet and well worth the wait.
This is 2013, you'd think they would have figured out these amateur manufacturing supply/demand issues by now...
Yes, it is. I'm not going into specifics, but read on it. It's mostly a matter of configuring the drives as one mount in OS X 10.8.2+ (only OS X 10.8 supports it). It's not a "hybrid" drive as I assume you are thinking. There are tons of guides on how to easily use terminal to achieve a "FusionDrive".
You claim to know so much while rudely assuming everyone else is ignorant when you may be incorrect. Perhaps giving people the benefit of the doubt might do you some good. Not meant to be harsh
Hmmm, seems like I may have been mistaken, sorry!!!
Fair enough--I deserved at least part of that. I didn't assume "everyone else" is ignorant, but I still assert that the member in question was making an erroneous statement about "amateur" manufacturing techniques. I also made a rash and uninformed statement, about fusion drives in my case, so I guess we're even.
Yes, it is. I'm not going into specifics, but read on it. It's mostly a matter of configuring the drives as one mount in OS X 10.8.2+ (only OS X 10.8 supports it). It's not a "hybrid" drive as I assume you are thinking. There are tons of guides on how to easily use terminal to achieve a "FusionDrive".
Here is a quick link to a thread on MacRumors. I don't have the time to post much more at the moment.
Turn late 2011 iMac with SSD+HD into Fusion Drive
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Why not specify the location for Final Cut, etc. on an external drive? I can understand how this would be an issue, as "FusionDrive" is simply an OS X 10.8.2 algorithm in deciding where files are placed based on "learning" what files are used more often and placing those files on the SSD as high priority. I wonder how that is resolved? Wouldn't the HDD portion of the fused drive be used as caching space before the SSD? Seems bad programming there.
I was wondering the same thing. I do video work as well, but most of my source footage is located on external drives. I was hoping my new iMac (which hasnt shipped yet) with Thurderbolt and/or USB 3 drives connected will make that work flow even faster.
I just sent my new 27" iMac back today, I got it on December 17th. I'm a videographer and I made the mistake of getting it configured with a 3TB Fusion Drive. If you're going to do anything that uses large files, the SSD part of the Fusion Drive fills up and doesn't transfer the rest of the data to the HDD part as it should. I got an error message saying the drive is full (for an 80GB video file), and the apps (Compressor and FCP X) just freeze. I've also had data corruption with the Fusion Drive because data is swapped between the SSD and HDD drives causing data integrity problems.
I just ordered another iMac, this time with a conventional 3TB HDD, but delivery date is approximately February 11th.
Very interesting...
I'm going to assume that you also have external drives for Media, but that some Media is being written to the Fusion Drive??
I was going to order a 27" using my Federal Tax refund, and was going to order with the Fusion Drive (3TB)... I am also a Video Editor... using both FCP and Avid MC.
I'm sure a Fusion Drive would be fine for MOST applications... however, in your opinion, do you think that an iMac with a Fusion Drive would be a mistake to order, with the troubles you've had with Video files?
Thanks
Or they could have made it only slightly thicker and avoided this problem. The race to make the thinnest things possible is ignorant especially in the desktop market.
Wouldn't the HDD portion of the fused drive be used as caching space before the SSD? Seems bad programming there.
Seems just the opposite, and yes, that is bad programming. The end results are the problems I experienced.
I'm sure a Fusion Drive would be fine for MOST applications... however, in your opinion, do you think that an iMac with a Fusion Drive would be a mistake to order, with the troubles you've had with Video files?
Thanks