Can i install a Seagate momentus XT hybrid hard drive in my 2011 27' iMac?

As title. Heard a lot about the temp sensor that might cause this an issue?
If its a problem, would it work if i installed it as a 2nd drive?
Thanks

Twofacedtrout wrote:
If its a problem, would it work if i installed it as a 2nd drive?
Your can place one in a external Firewire 800 or Thunderbolt enclosure, but it's not a SSD, it's a hybrid drive that stores the most frequently used data on it's SSD part.
So since it would be a extenral drive, and you can't boot from it for long, it's a storage drive which your accessing it will be random, basically eliminating the SSD portions of it that does give you the speed.
Your better option for fast external storage is RAID 0 of 2 7,200 RPM drives, + 1 larger one where the RAID 0 is auto-cloned to it nightly, with a extra drive for the RAID 0 as a hardware replacement.
Next step up after this is a RAID 5 on Thunderblot with 5 7,200 RPM drives.
All depends what your needs are for fast external storage and how much.
The iMac is a consumer machine, it's not designed for MacPro type uses, swtich drives etc. etc.

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