2 SSD's and one HDD in iMac 2011 27 possible ?

[CHSeifert]

Just about to receive my BTO 27 iMac 256 SSD & 2 TB HDD.

Now that people have received theirs and conclude apple continue to use the old SATA II SSD's, I would like to purchase a Vertex 3 SATA III 240 gb drive - while still keep the DVD drive and both the original SSD and HDD - is this possible at all ?

 

[alust2013]

That is not possible, as there are only three SATA ports in the iMac.

 

[philipma1957]

Just about to receive my BTO 27 iMac 256 SSD & 2 TB HDD.

Now that people have received theirs and conclude apple continue to use the old SATA II SSD's, I would like to purchase a Vertex 3 SATA III 240 gb drive - while still keep the DVD drive and both the original SSD and HDD - is this possible at all ?


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Please do nothing but wait and see what t-bolt does for you. Take a look at these photos I found them on Flicker

 

[Meever]

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Couldn't you split a esata? Since adding the ssd+7200 rpm drive wouldn't be bottle necked by the 6gb cap? And then give the vertex 2 it's own esata?

Sounds overly complicated though.

And using SSS for storage seems like a waste....

 

[CHSeifert]

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Couldn't you split a esata? Since adding the ssd+7200 rpm drive wouldn't be bottle necked by the 6gb cap? And then give the vertex 2 it's own esata?

Sounds overly complicated though.

And using SSS for storage seems like a waste....

I won't use SSD for storage but would like to install my OSx Lion (soon) and Win 7 + all my programs on the fast SATA III Vertex 3 ( disappointed I had to wait weeks for the BTO SSD 27 iMac just to get an old SATA II SSD old tech drive from Apple )

Will then use the SATA II APPLE 256 GB SSD (probably a Toshiba or Samsung SSD) and install my most often used files on this drive.

What I call storage files - music, movies and videos and my huge photo archive - will be on my 2 TB HDD and also backed up twice - one copy on my 2 TB TimeCapsule and another copy on my 2 TB WD StudioEdition external HDD

Just looking to maximise the speed on my new and soon to be arriving iMac 27 Ultimate machine !

I also consider the SATA split option - having the SATA II 2 TB HDD and the Apple 256 GB Apple SATA II SSD on the split, but will need power for both drives - not sure the split will deliver other than data, no power.

I build pc's - am totally new to iMacs. But intend to maximise this beast into a harddrive/SSD monster

 

[CHSeifert]

Please do nothing but wait and see what t-bolt does for you. Take a look at these photos I found them on Flicker

Oki - but not sure you can boot from TB SSD drives - are you ?

Need a fast SATA III Vertex 3 240 GB SSD to boot from or even better a TB SSD drive as you suggest. Just not sure you can boot from external TB SSD drives

 

[elithrar]

Now that people have received theirs and conclude apple continue to use the old SATA II SSD's, I would like to purchase a Vertex 3 SATA III 240 gb drive - while still keep the DVD drive and both the original SSD and HDD - is this possible at all ?

As said above, not possible. You could however go 2x SSD's and 1x HDD internally, and get an external DVD/BD drive.

 

[elithrar]

Couldn't you split a esata? Since adding the ssd+7200 rpm drive wouldn't be bottle necked by the 6gb cap? And then give the vertex 2 it's own esata?
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You can't split the SATA ports themselves; each SATA port is assigned to a logical device (in this case, one drive each).

 

[Badger^2]

You really should have bought a macpro.