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2012 apple mac pro xeon 6 core 3.33 ghz4/14/2023 ![]() ![]() The advantage to using a RAID-0 stripe (as said before) is that you get 2x the read and write speeds that you would get with one hard drive alone. If you run RAID-0 and carry super important data such as family photos, home movies, or work data, etc, then a backup to an external disk (or internal would be the ideal way to go. I would not do a 3 or 4 drive RAID0 at all, although very fast, that increases your odds of failure because if you lose one of those 3 or 4 drives, then all your data is zapped and unrecoverable. I meant increase the speed of boot.Īlso, RAID0 is the way to go (with two drives). Yes, I did mean "decrease" boot times when using the SSD. The speed increase is tangible, no more waiting for apps to boot or for files to load, it really does make a huge difference. ![]() Once you have gone SSD, there is no turning back, it is like night and day. I have an OWC 120GB SSD in my Mac Pro and a 256GB Toshiba Apple SSD in my MacBook Pro. A 240, 256GB or 512GB SSD might be more suitable on a MacBook if it is your only drive. Anything larger than this is not necessary on a Mac Pro if you have extra HDs installed. The size of SSD I would recommend is 120GB. You can alias your iTunes folder to the RAID as well as Photos, Movies, etc or re-locate your Home folder (I alias and it works great). I would recommend running a 2-disk RAID-0 array on your Mac Pro to hold your music, photos and video (all large files) which would otherwise fill your SSD. Having a boot disk SSD with all of your Apps loaded will allow you to have hyper-fast Application boots and web browsing will be instantaneous. It will drastically increase your boot times as well as your Application Loading Times, Media Loading times, and webpage renders. I personally believe a Solid-State drive (if you already have ample RAM) is the best upgrade you can add to any machine.
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