Does fusion drive/flash storage help

Does fusion drive/flash storage help when using windows with VMware fusion or parallels on an iMac?

prkuk wrote:
Does fusion drive/flash storage help when using windows with VMware fusion or parallels on an iMac?
If by "help" you mean improved speed, and by flash you mean an SSD, it'll improve the speed of the virtual machine if the virtual machine is stored on it. If you have a new enough iMac that the USB ports are 3.0 and the VM file would otherwise be stored on an internal HD, an SSD installed in an external enclosure that supports USB 3.0 should show a speed improvement if the VM file is stored on it.

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Does fusion drive work with network accounts

Hi,
We are planning to buy new desktop systems.
Since we work with big files, we love the idea about Fusion drive.
Now my only question. Does this help when you use Network drives.
Since the files are not stored on the system, but on the network, I think its better to have a server with fusion in it?
An other solution might be using a mobile account on the desktop servers.
Since (a copy of) all files is stored on the computer I think the speed will be approved if we use files wit fusion drive.
Hope somebody can give his opinion with should be the best solution.
Now working on the systems is very slow, and often a "turning ball" system is there, when we are accessing files.
Regards,
Flip

Hi Uptime Jeff,
I 100% agree with your comment.
I would love to stop using network drives. It is slow, and I have often problems if the network is having issues.
There is only 1 reason why we use network drives and that is because we work on iMacs in office, and use Macbooks abrought. Since we can use the same homedrive (especially the /library/ folder with settings, passwords etc) on iMac and Macbook we make use of network drives.
Is there an other way to do this, then we can stop the full network drive.

What does pcle based flash storage mean

Hi
i am looking to buy the MacBook Air instead of the iPad but I do not know what 128 gb pcle flash based storage means can anybody tell me please.
also what should I get the mac air or iPad Air ?
i Do not know much about apple but love their products.
many thanks
tracey

PCIe, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard that is more efficient than prior ones. Foe technical details, refer to thsi article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
Traceykate wrote:
i am looking to buy the MacBook Air instead of the iPad but I do not know what 128 gb pcle flash based storage means can anybody tell me please.
!28 GB refers to the capacity of the internal storage. It indicates how much data can be stored on that SSD drive.
also what should I get the mac air or iPad Air ?
Not knowing your needs and preferences, I cannot give you any meaningful advice. They both have their virtues and limitations. The MBA is more powerful and is a true notebook computer. The iPad is very compact and will be less powerful that the MBA and smaller, but also at less cost. The best option is to go to an Apple store and look at both.
Ciao.

HT5639 Does Boot Camp 5 support flash storage

I'm new to Macs and recently purchased an iMac with flash storage rather than a hard or fusion drive. Boot Camp Assistant will not partition the drive - I press the 'Install' button to partition the drive and nothing happens. Does this mean that Boot Camp does not support flash storage?

Bootcamp creates a partition on which you install Windows. You then install Windows programs like your games on the partiton running Windows. It is as yhough you had a Windows computer.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

1 Tb Fusion Drive in 13" Retna MacBook Pro ?

Hi !
I'm wanting to upgrade my black MacBook 13" to a fancy smancy 13" Retna Mac Book Pro.
However, I'm a photographer / videographer and need a 1Tb hard drive in the laptop.
Is it likely that the new 13" Haswell processor Retna Mac Book Pro (which we're expecting to be released later this year), will have the option of a 1Tb Fusion Drive ?
Solid state flash storage at this capacity is still hugely expensive and currently Apple only goes up to 768Mb anyway ...
I know nobody has a crystal ball, but is it likely that Apple will offer a 1Tb fusion drive in next generation 13" Haswell Retna Macbook Pros ?
Thoughts and opinions appreciated ... Thanks !

A Apple fusion drive is a combination of both a ssd (solid state drive, flash storage) and a standard rotating hard drive. Since there is very limited space inside any notebook and more so for the retina models only one drive is installed inside the retina models and no room for anything else.
If you were to buy a standard macbook pro, and if the newer standard mac notebooks (when they come out) still have a optical drive, you could replace the optical drive with a 1TB standard rotating hard drive and put a large ssd in the main bay and then create your own fusion drive setup.
But not with a retina model.

How i know if my iMac 27'' has a fusion drive ?

hi
recently i bought a new iMac 27"
i wanna be sure if i have the fusion drive or not !!

You can tell for sure if you click on the Apple menu at the top left of your screen and click on About This Mac. Then click on More Info, and click on the Storage tab. If you've got a Fusion drive you'll see something that looks like this:
You'll note the display above shows Hard Drive + Flash Storage, but it acts as a single hard drive.
I hope this answers your question.

Fusion drive and external data drives

How does Fusion drive behave if you have data on an external device? I just odered a new Mini and I'm a Logic user with hundreds of GB worth of data on an external RAID 5 exclosure. Will files stored on the RAID be copied to the Fusion Drive when accessed frequently, or will that functionality be strictly for the boot volume?
Thanks!

You can definitely create a Fusion Drive using an external drive to add capacity, and in fact it can be a great thing to do as the SSD will eliminate most of the latency involved.
The SSD will contain whatever the most frequently used blocks are, and these will moved from your HDD(s) onto the SSD to provide the performance improvement. This means you could potentially end up with any number of your working files on the SSD depending upon how often you use them (or have been using them recently). This is important to keep in mind; the SSD in a Fusion Drive is not the cache as a cache-disk, meaning that if the SSD fails you will lose data and have to rebuild your Fusion Drive from backups.
This will essentially eliminate the redundancy advantage of RAID-5, as while you can replace any HDDs that fail as normal, an SSD failure will render the volume unusable.
I'm actually currently interested in whether a RAID-1 of SSDs can be used within a Fusion Drive, as it could allow the SSD part of the Fusion Drive to be given redundancy too, in which case the setup would be safe as it'd be 2x SSDs in RAID-1 + HDDs in RAID-5, giving you one to two disks worth of redundancy. However I suspect it won't work, as I believe Fusion Drive just queries each disk to determine if it is an SSD, and of course an Apple RAID won't identify itself as such.

I'm 51 years old and recently retired. I have a new IPad Air. Which MacBook should I buy to go with it? I don't understand flash storage. It feels like I would have a bunch of flash drives to keep up with. Help an old lady out!!!

I'm 51 years old and recently retired. I have a new IPad Air. Which MacBook should I buy to go with it? I don't understand flash storage. It feels like I would have a bunch of flash drives to keep up with. Help an old lady out!!!

Depends on how you want to use it. Flash storage on the newer macbook and macbook air are built in. A macbook air is the most light weight and a very good machine. It will do all you want it to do unless you are running some very intensive programs. If you go to the apple store on line you can compare the different macbook pro" and macbook Air's.

I have a macbook air from mid 2012. After installing the MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.1 my computer shuts down instead of restarting. Does my macbook need a replacement drive?

Anyone experience the same result after installing MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.1? Why did my macbook shut down?

Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
If this does not help, contact Apple.
Best.

Are the main differences between the 768 GB Flash storage and the 3 TB Fusion Drive?

Are the main differences between the 768 GB Flash storage and the 3 TB Fusion Drive?

About Fusion Drive
Fusion Drive combines 128GB of super fast flash storage with a traditional hard drive. It automatically and dynamically moves frequently used files to flash for quicker access. With Fusion Drive in your iMac, booting is up to 1.7 times faster, and copying files and importing photos are up to 3.5 times faster.* Over time, as the system learns how you work, Fusion Drive makes your Mac experience even better. All while letting you store your digital life on a traditional, roomy hard drive.
About Flash Storage
For maximum performance, you can configure your iMac with 768GB of flash storage instead of a traditional hard drive. Flash storage delivers up to four times the performance of a traditional drive — speed you’ll notice when you start up your iMac, launch an app, or browse your photo library.
In addition the prue flash option is $900 more the then 3TB fusion drive.

Should I get Fusion Drive or just plain Flash Storage on an iMac with 5K Retina Display?

I know fusion drive is good but I don't know if the OS is put on the SSD or the mechanical hard drive. I'm leaning towards the pure flash storage put I'm not sure. Which one should I get?

If you can afford it, get the SSD, but get either the 512 GB or 1 TB storage size, if your budget allows.

I am buying a new IMac. which is better, the 1TB Flash Drive or the 3TB fusion drive

I am looking to purchase a new IMac. Trying to figure out the best solution for storage. Considering the 1TB falsh drive plus using an external hard drive for additional storage. Alternatively I can get the fusion drive with 3tb hard drive and 128mg flash. Anyone have an opinion which is better

Go with the flash and use usb3 or thunderbolt for storage. Google flash vs fusion and you'll get plenty of articles to help with your decision.

How do you remove back up data from the memory storage? my storage data states that i have over 80gb of data used for back ups and i dont know why as i use a external hard drive as a time machine .now my 250gb flash storage is nearly full

how do you remove back up data from the memory storage? my storage data states that i have over 80gb of data used for back ups and i dont know why as i use a external hard drive as a time machine .now my 250gb flash storage is nearly full.. HELP!

When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as Backups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Ask for instructions in that case.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.

Transferring data from 750GB backup drive to new MacBook Pro with 256 Gb PCI-e flash storage?

Yesterday my late-2008 aluminium unibody MacBook died - absolutely and definitively. I've tried SMC reset multiple times to no avail. However, it served me well for almost six years and it's now time to move on. I've decided to buy a 13 inch MacBook Pro Retina with 256Gb PCI-e flash storage. Obviously, it will come with Mavericks installed as the operating system.
When it died, my MacBook was running OS X 10.8.5, the original hard drive had been replaced with a Western Digital 750GB, 7200 rpm drive of which I believe about 350GB was used. I keep two x 1Tb Lacie Rugged backup drives, each of which has both Time Machine and SuperDuper Bootable Clone backups.
My questions are these -
1.     How should I proceed to transfer my data from my external backup drives to my new MacBook Pro Retina, given the difference in storage capacity of my existing backup drives and my new MacBook Pro?
2.     I have over 32,000 photos in my iPhoto Library which, obviously, consume a big slab of disk space. I'm not sure how I go about 'quarantining' the iPhoto Library so that it doesn't use all the flash drive storage.
3.      One of the Lacie Rugged's has a 'triple interface' - i.e. USB 2, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800. The other has a USB 2 and 2 x Firewire 800 (IIRC).    The MacBook Pro Retina has two USB 3 ports and two Thunderbolt 2 ports. I want to continue to use the Lacies as my backup drives. Am I better off to use the USB ports or should I invest in a Thunderbolt to USB cable? Does it make any real difference in terms of backing up (which, in my case, doesn't have to be all that speedy).
4.     What else should I be thinking about? I know I'm bound to have overlooked the most obvious problems but can't think what they may be ...
Cheers
Tricia

Patricia Henwood wrote:
3.      One of the Lacie Rugged's has a 'triple interface' - i.e. USB 2, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800. The other has a USB 2 and 2 x Firewire 800 (IIRC).    The MacBook Pro Retina has two USB 3 ports and two Thunderbolt 2 ports. I want to continue to use the Lacies as my backup drives. Am I better off to use the USB ports or should I invest in a Thunderbolt to USB cable? Does it make any real difference in terms of backing up (which, in my case, doesn't have to be all that speedy).
USB3 is backwards compatible with USB2, so you can use the old USB cables. For faster data transfer rates, Firewire 800 would be available using this adapter:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD464ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapte r
Firewire 800 is about twice as fast as USB2, theoretically.
Ciao.

Can the flash storage hard drives in the brand new 15inch Macbook Pro Retina Display laptops (10.22.13) be upgraded/replaced in the future?

Can the flash storage hard drives in the brand new Macbook Pro Retina Display laptops that were just released a few days ago (10.22.13) be upgraded/replaced in the future? I will need more than the basic 256GB for sample libraries using music software, among other things, but currently larger flash drives from Apple are too expensive. I ask because I'm in the process of buying one of the new 15inch Macbook Pro Retina Display laptops right now (or at least right after I get an answer to this question).
I saw in the Mac store when I started looking at the build options for ordering the Macbook Pro that under Memory it said the memory was built into the computer and therefore could not ever be replaced or upgraded in the future. So I was wondering if something similiar might be the case with the flash storage drives even though the same wasn't written under the hard drive options? If these flash drives can be replaced in the future then I would just purchase the starting 256GB drive and suffer through using connected external hard drives, as unwieldy as that would be, until there were potential replacement flash drives with larger storage capacties available on the market or through Apple for more reasonable prices. But if the hard drives in these laptops can't be replaced/upgraded I would go for the 500GB drive option (even though paying an additional $300, before taxes, for just 244GBs more storage space is absolutely outrageous no matter how great flash drives are with their read/write speeds, no moving parts to break, and lighter weight/thinner builds allowing for an overall thinner laptop). I would even go for the larger 1TB option, which is really what I need, except that costs an additional $700 which is more than enough to buy me a new 50inch, HD, flatscreen TV from a reputable brand if I were so inclined! (And yes, I understand the youth of the technology, current limits to flash drive capacities, and the reason for the high prices. I know I'm not getting bilked...)
So yeah, does anybody have an answer to this question? Can the flash hard drives in the new Macbook Pro Retina Display laptops, just released, be upgraded/replaced in the future? Any answers are greatly appreciated and will save me some much needed cash on my purchase of one of these laptops! And I should also ask, if so, can they be replaced by the laptop owner with the normal toolset through the normal, easily done methods of hard drive replacement in laptops that has been common, or would I have to bring the laptop to a Apple technician?
Thanks everybody!

The modules are proprietary. They are installed in a slot secured with a tiny screw.
macsales.com has been working on providing aftermarket modules for the older models that were on the SATA Bus.
These newer ones are likley directly on the PCIe Bus. That will take some time to develop.

Does fusion drive/flash storage help

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