Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

SSD in 09 Pro

T

Transporteur

macrumors 68030
Original poster
Nov 30, 2008
2,729
3
UK
Hello,

I just ordered the new octad Mac Pro and want to put in a OCZ Vertex SSD as soon as it arrives.

What I am now confused of, is where to put the SSD.
Fitting it into one of the sleds won't be a problem with one of these mounting adapters.

But if I want to save the 4 bays for storage drives, are there any issues by fitting the ssd into one of the optical bays? My Pro comes with just one superdrive, so space won't be a problem.
The superdrives are SATA ones, right? So the cables (that hopefully are already there) should also the SSD at full speed, don't they?
 
Transporteur said:
Hello,

I just ordered the new octad Mac Pro and want to put in a OCZ Vertex SSD as soon as it arrives.

What I am now confused of, is where to put the SSD.
Fitting it into one of the sleds won't be a problem with one of these mounting adapters.

But if I want to save the 4 bays for storage drives, are there any issues by fitting the ssd into one of the optical bays? My Pro comes with just one superdrive, so space won't be a problem.
The superdrives are SATA ones, right? So the cables (that hopefully are already there) should also the SSD at full speed, don't they?
Click to expand...
Many are placing SSD's or additional mechanical drives in the empty optical bay. That's not a problem. Anywhere you can fit it would be fine, as it's not susceptible to vibration.

The Optical drive in the '09MP is a SATA model, as the IDE/PATA port is gone on that system. So you have 6x ports total for drives (4x for the sleds, & 2x for the optical bays). Rather easy, so given the base models have a single optical drive and single HDD, you have 3x sleds available, and 1x at the empty optical bay to use without making any changes to drives & locations.
 
Excellent!

And the cables are already there, so I don't have to buy any additional ones for the SSD, right?
 
I recently installed a Corsair P256 as my boot drive, and... WOW! I've never seen programs launch so quickly -- Photoshop launch is almost instant. MS Office, which is an all-around dog, loads quickly like it's sitting in RAM.

So far I'm very pleased with the SSD technology. It's a little pricey right now, but the benefits are immediately obvious. I am keeping all applications and home folders on the SSD and all file storage on my RAID 5 array. Couldn't be happier! :)
 
Will be doing the same as the parts arrive here. Unfortunately Apple takes a little longer for students deliverys than for the others, but as it's (obviously :rolleyes:) not my only computer I can live with that.
Just looking forward for a model without any issues like broken power supplys or something like that.

Got the 120Gb Vertex here in the Uk for about 300 Pounds. Pretty pricy, but a very good investment I guess.
120Gb is by far enough for my system, programs and home folder.
The rest of my data finds place on a Raid 0 Array.
A Raid 5 would have been nice for a little redundancy, but the Apple Raid card is way overpriced, so i have to switch to a Raid 0 which is fine though.


I just read about the Corsair SSDs and their automatic garbage collection. Do they even work with OS X?
Should i reconsider the bought of the Vertex? I will be able to cancel the order within this week.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back