2012 27-inch iMac RAID 0

[Hexley]

I bought a 2012 27-inch iMac Core i7 with Fusion Drive a 53 weeks ago. Now I know it has a conventional 1TB SATA HDD and a "blade" 128GB SSD. Are there already 3rd party replacements for the "blade" SSD?

I'd like to be able to RAID 0 or Fusion Drive two SSDs to get reads/writes exceeding 1,100MB/s.

 

[yjchua95]

I bought a 2012 27-inch iMac Core i7 with Fusion Drive a 53 weeks ago. Now I know it has a conventional 1TB SATA HDD and a "blade" 128GB SSD. Are there already 3rd party replacements for the "blade" SSD?

I'd like to be able to RAID 0 or Fusion Drive two SSDs to get reads/writes exceeding 1,100MB/s.

There is (OWC Aura)

 

[Hexley]

There is (OWC Aura)

Really wish Apple would use mSATA.

The prices are almost double of conventonal SATA 6Gb/s SSDs.

 

[yjchua95]

Really wish Apple would use mSATA.

The prices are almost double of conventonal SATA 6Gb/s SSDs.

Well, Sir Jony Ive prioritizes design over cost, so he'll do whatever it takes to make it thin, regardless of the cost

 

[Hexley]

Well, Sir Jony Ive prioritizes design over cost, so he'll do whatever it takes to make it thin, regardless of the cost

I hope the industry decides to adopt Apple's standard!

 

[yjchua95]

I hope the industry decides to adopt Apple's standard!

Me too. I hate having the aesthetics of my desk ruined by an ugly EPSON printer and all other whatnot, ranging from plasticky business card holders and paper holders.

Bang and Olufsen makes well-designed speakers, but at that price tag, I'd rather invest in new lenses for my photography job instead.

 

[rw3]

There is (OWC Aura)

These have been CONFIRMED by OWC to not work in the 2012 iMac....

 

[Hexley]

These have been CONFIRMED by OWC to not work in the 2012 iMac....

Apple placed a limit on how large the fusion drive ssd would be.

 

[rw3]

Apple placed a limit on how large the fusion drive ssd would be.

This is also not correct. CoreStorage doesn't care how large the SSD is in a Fusion setup. The OWC Aura isn't designed for the iMac but the rMBP.

 

[Hexley]

This is also not correct. CoreStorage doesn't care how large the SSD is in a Fusion setup. The OWC Aura isn't designed for the iMac but the rMBP.

So a 128GB OCW Aura will not work on a iMac?

 

[rw3]

So a 128GB OCW Aura will not work on a iMac?

From their (OWC) testing, no Aura will work, no matter the size.

 

[Hexley]

This website claims to have a blade SSD that works.

https://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_ID=401

 

[rw3]

This website claims to have a blade SSD that works.

https://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_ID=401

That gives you the ability to add a second 2.5" SATA drive to the iMac. It is just a unit that adapts Apple's proprietary connector to a normal SATA connector.

 

[Hexley]

That gives you the ability to add a second 2.5" SATA drive to the iMac. It is just a unit that adapts Apple's proprietary connector to a normal SATA connector.

It "works".