adam9c1 macrumors 68000 Original poster Aug 29, 2018 #1 I have a cMP that will be used for MAS caching. I'm debating buying a SATA 2.5 SSD vs PCI based model. If I go with the standard SATA drive, will I be able to add another one later and combine the two into a single RAID0 volume? Thank you.
I have a cMP that will be used for MAS caching. I'm debating buying a SATA 2.5 SSD vs PCI based model. If I go with the standard SATA drive, will I be able to add another one later and combine the two into a single RAID0 volume? Thank you.
RumorConsumer macrumors 68000 Aug 29, 2018 #2 adam9c1 said: I have a cMP that will be used for MAS caching. I'm debating buying a SATA 2.5 SSD vs PCI based model. If I go with the standard SATA drive, will I be able to add another one later and combine the two into a single RAID0 volume? Thank you. Click to expand... Disk Utility lost the ability to RAID some time ago and then it came back. The answer to your question is No, you must start with the drives RAID'd. https://www.lifewire.com/make-raid-with-disk-utility-for-macos-4134293 for a good summation. Reactions: EightBitWhit
adam9c1 said: I have a cMP that will be used for MAS caching. I'm debating buying a SATA 2.5 SSD vs PCI based model. If I go with the standard SATA drive, will I be able to add another one later and combine the two into a single RAID0 volume? Thank you. Click to expand... Disk Utility lost the ability to RAID some time ago and then it came back. The answer to your question is No, you must start with the drives RAID'd. https://www.lifewire.com/make-raid-with-disk-utility-for-macos-4134293 for a good summation.
E EightBitWhit macrumors newbie Sep 11, 2018 #3 RumorConsumer said: Disk Utility lost the ability to RAID some time ago and then it came back. The answer to your question is No, you must start with the drives RAID'd. https://www.lifewire.com/make-raid-with-disk-utility-for-macos-4134293 for a good summation. Click to expand... Fantastic link - thank you for sharing - that's exactly what I've been looking for in order to assist with the setup of a RAID 10 array.
RumorConsumer said: Disk Utility lost the ability to RAID some time ago and then it came back. The answer to your question is No, you must start with the drives RAID'd. https://www.lifewire.com/make-raid-with-disk-utility-for-macos-4134293 for a good summation. Click to expand... Fantastic link - thank you for sharing - that's exactly what I've been looking for in order to assist with the setup of a RAID 10 array.