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27" iMac Fushion Drive Setup

Failurbydesign

Failurbydesign

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I have recently opened up my late 2012 iMac and installed a OWC 240gb ssd and upgraded the HDD to a 2tb hybrid drive. My questions is if i make a fusion drive out of the installed drives, can i restore a CCC backup to the fusion drive without having an issue?
 
I'm not sure if you can "make" a fusion drive. I thought those appeared as a Hard Drive to the Mac, but the "fusing" was internal to the drive.

I think that the hybrid drive is your Fusion Drive.

Could you tell me what a CCC backup is? I haven't heard of that term before.
 
If OS X detects the configuration and gives you the option to create a Fusion drive (and I think it may), then you will have a single, logical volume, "Macintosh HD." Since it's treated as a single volume, you probably won't have a problem restoring a CCC backup to it.
 
JeffyTheQuik said:
I'm not sure if you can "make" a fusion drive. I thought those appeared as a Hard Drive to the Mac, but the "fusing" was internal to the drive.

I think that the hybrid drive is your Fusion Drive.

Could you tell me what a CCC backup is? I haven't heard of that term before.
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How to create a fusion drive


CCC is Carbon Copy Cloner, it's like SuperDuper!
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ApfelKuchen said:
If OS X detects the configuration and gives you the option to create a Fusion drive (and I think it may), then you will have a single, logical volume, "Macintosh HD." Since it's treated as a single volume, you probably won't have a problem restoring a CCC backup to it.
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I figured as much. Even if i fused the drive together and did a fresh install, i would still use my backup (CCC) and migrate all the data over.

Thanks!!
 
Once you've created the fusion drive, I don't see any problem with restoring from a CCC cloned backup. Just "clone it back over".

However --
Have you considered running the two drives as "standalone" drives?
Doing so will guarantee that the SSD -always- runs at "full SSD speeds".

You'll have to give a little thought as to how you wish to arrange things.
I would suggest that large file libraries (music, movies, pictures) be kept on the HDD.
OS, apps, accounts (less the large file libraries) on the SSD...
 
Fishrrman said:
Once you've created the fusion drive, I don't see any problem with restoring from a CCC cloned backup. Just "clone it back over".

However --
Have you considered running the two drives as "standalone" drives?
Doing so will guarantee that the SSD -always- runs at "full SSD speeds".

You'll have to give a little thought as to how you wish to arrange things.
I would suggest that large file libraries (music, movies, pictures) be kept on the HDD.
OS, apps, accounts (less the large file libraries) on the SSD...
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I have. Still not too sure how I want to go about it. I already put a 2tb hybrid drive in, it helped a bit, but having more space is nice.
 
Failurbydesign said:
I have. Still not too sure how I want to go about it. I already put a 2tb hybrid drive in, it helped a bit, but having more space is nice.
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I've been using a Fusion Drive setup for almost a year and a half, and I have to say Apple's implementation is one of the best. It's completely transparent in the background and keeps everything used the most on the SSD, that includes the OS and apps. I've never noticed any real slowdown, but I have my massive iTunes library on an external, so I can't really give any insight there.
 
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tjwilliams25 said:
I've been using a Fusion Drive setup for almost a year and a half, and I have to say Apple's implementation is one of the best. It's completely transparent in the background and keeps everything used the most on the SSD, that includes the OS and apps. I've never noticed any real slowdown, but I have my massive iTunes library on an external, so I can't really give any insight there.
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How is boot time?
 
Well, put the SSD in...what a pain! Then this happened....super bummed. I was so gentle with the screen too.
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Failurbydesign said:
I have. Still not too sure how I want to go about it. I already put a 2tb hybrid drive in, it helped a bit, but having more space is nice.
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Failurbydesign said:
Well, put the SSD in...what a pain! Then this happened....super bummed. I was so gentle with the screen too.
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Looks like maybe the cable wasn't reseated fully or something happened either cable itself.
 
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