Created fusion drive on my 2010 mini

radiohed · Jan 31, 2013, 04:42 PM

I have a 2010 Mac Mini server running ML client 10.8.2. I replaced one of the 500gb drives with a 256gb SSD drive and using directions from the web, I created a 756gb fusion drive.

It was easy and so far seems just as fast as the SSD alone.

I just used the spare 500gb drive I had removed, and had put into an external enclosure. I then backed up my mini to the USB drive with Super Duper, then booted from that, created the fusion volume, and then used Super Duper again to back up the usb drive to the new fusion drive. Rebooted from the fusion drive and done!

philipma1957 · Jan 31, 2013, 10:47 PM

sweet. just keep a clone and a tm. the clone would speed recovery .

radiohed · Feb 1, 2013, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by philipma1957

sweet. just keep a clone and a tm. the clone would speed recovery .

That is exactly what I do. I clone the drive to a USB external drive as well as do TM backups to my Time Capsule. Seems pretty safe.

Luis2004 · Feb 1, 2013, 05:23 PM

I'm thinking of doing the exact same thing. Which enclosure did you use for the external?

Jan 31, 2013, 04:42 PM	#1
radiohed macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Portland, ME	Created fusion drive on my 2010 mini I have a 2010 Mac Mini server running ML client 10.8.2. I replaced one of the 500gb drives with a 256gb SSD drive and using directions from the web, I created a 756gb fusion drive. It was easy and so far seems just as fast as the SSD alone. I just used the spare 500gb drive I had removed, and had put into an external enclosure. I then backed up my mini to the USB drive with Super Duper, then booted from that, created the fusion volume, and then used Super Duper again to back up the usb drive to the new fusion drive. Rebooted from the fusion drive and done! __________________ Mini Server 2.66 running ML Client, 8gb, 756gb Fusion Drive, 23" IPS HD Display Time Capsule iPod Shuffle iPod 6G nano iPad Retina 16 4g
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Jan 31, 2013, 10:47 PM	#2
philipma1957 macrumors 603 Join Date: Apr 2010	sweet. just keep a clone and a tm. the clone would speed recovery .
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Feb 1, 2013, 05:23 PM	#4
Luis2004 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2012	I'm thinking of doing the exact same thing. Which enclosure did you use for the external?
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