SSD startup question

[Flunkyturtle]

Firstly, apologies if this EXACT question has been asked before...

Tried searching but couldn't find the answer...

I have a 2011 imac i7, i didn't want to pay the stupid amount to have a SSD from factory and have read online that its a bit of a task to install one afterwards...

I'm a complete novice so don't want to start pulling the mac apart

My question therefore is using the below product and plugging into the mac using FW would i have any issue booting the OS from this?

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/EliteALmini/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB

My intention would be to keep the OS installed on the original internal HDD just incase anything went wrong with the SDD.

Appreciate the advice

Side note would i have any problems daisy chaining from this device to another, shouldn't affect startup?

 

[Flunkyturtle]

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Anyone? If its not going to be worth doing I'd rather put the money towards something else.

 

[burnout8488]

It would only be worth it if you had the SSD in a Thunderbolt external enclosure.

An SSD over FireWire might be adequate but I'm not sure, maybe someone has booted from a FireWire SSD and can chime in.

The SATA bus is much faster than FireWire. You would be choking the capability of the SSD by a lot.

 

[Flunkyturtle]

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Is there such thing as a thunderbolt enclosure I did a quick google search but nothing was obvious?

Is there anyway of getting that kind of connection without it being internal?

 

[NATO]

Elgato has an SSD Thunderbolt enclosure coming:

http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/ThunderboltSSD.html