1TB fusion drive space question iMac 5k

[perlsyntax]

If i get a iMac 5k with 1TB fusion drive how much space with the i have?I just worry i won't have a lot of space for my Xcode and tools i use.I was told at best buy it just one fusion drive it has no ssd with it.So i hope some one can help me understand what a fusion drive does.

Right now i use for my code tools is about 193.25 out of 248.83 i use a ssd 250.00 i hope i have space on the fusion drive.

 

[Fishrrman]

I'm not sure if you understand what a fusion drive -is-.

It is not "one drive".
It is TWO drives, melded together by software.

The iMac's "1tb fusion drive" is actually:
- a 24gb PCIe flash drive (SSD)
and
- a 1tb platter-based HDD

Because of "CORE storage", they appear on the desktop as if they were just one drive.

A word of caution:
Apple has (for their own reasons, probably $$$$) "shrunk" the SSD portion of the fusion drive on the iMac from the previous 120gb size down to 24gb.
It will work OK, but I sense not as speedily as did the earlier 120gb version.

For this reason, if you get a new iMac, you should give serious thought to spending just a little more money for the "2tb fusion drive" model.

The 2tb model has:
- a 120gb PCIe-based SSD
and
- a 2tb HDD.

Double the storage space and probably much nicer performance for a little more money.

 

[perlsyntax]

Bestbuy told me it was one drive I didn't say that.I see if I can go to 2tb