I got a 256gb SSD for Xmas and installed it in one of the drive slots on my 2010 mini server running ML Client. The drive I got is a OCZ Vertex 4, which is sataIII, even though my mini only runs at sataII speeds. I figure down the road, when I buy a new mini, I can still use the drive and get the full speed benefits. 😎 But even at sataII speeds, the mini is like a new computer. 😱 Everything is much faster and the install wasn't really hard. You just have to be gentle with the little connectors. So anyways, now I have a much faster mini with a 256gb SSD and a 500gb hard drive and 8gb ram. I think it will serve me well. 😀 I also ordered an enclosure for my now spare 500gb drive!
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Installed SSD in my 2010 Mac Mini Server
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California
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Double your ram to 16GBs. I have your same machine. Yes, it can be done. I currently have dual 750GBs HDs, I needed the space more than the SSD.
northernbaldy
macrumors 6502a
I'm upgrading mine when I get home
A 256 Samsung SSD and a 2gb HD
All the server does now is host iTunes and the iTunes library currently sits on an external 1gb FireWire drive
So it will be a little be tidier and we will have a spare external drive for backups
A 256 Samsung SSD and a 2gb HD
All the server does now is host iTunes and the iTunes library currently sits on an external 1gb FireWire drive
So it will be a little be tidier and we will have a spare external drive for backups
dasx
macrumors 65816
An SSD is the best improvement you can make to a computer these days. You can get a crappy Dell from 2006, put a Dell into it and feel you just bought it.
When I tell people who ask to spend that extra in it they look at me like if I were crazy. "Much more expensive and much less GB. You crazy?" Well. When you give it a try you can never go back to mechanical. lol
When I tell people who ask to spend that extra in it they look at me like if I were crazy. "Much more expensive and much less GB. You crazy?" Well. When you give it a try you can never go back to mechanical. lol
I have the same server. The drive in the upper bay ( according to get info) has become unreliable. I boot off the drive in the lower bay. I want to replace the drive in the upper bay with a 256gig SSD (crucial mx100) which I bought. I am somewhat confused as to which bay is the upper bay. Is it the one closest to the base of the Mini or the one closest to the top? I assume that the drive closest to the base, which can be opened, is easier to replace? The instructions I have seen appear to suggest you need to remove the motherboard. It all seems a bit tricky.
jbarley
macrumors 601
Sounds like you plugged the drive cable into the connector for the lower bay.