How you make an ssd boot disk?

I'm considering a 6 core MacPro. I'll want to replace the internal 1 tb drive with an SSD boot drive on an OWC Accelsior PCIe SSD card. It'll be a pretty minimal config. Apps, data files and Time Machine will live on mirrored internal 4 TB Hitach Sata drives.
Is it doable to move the O.S. etc over to SSD and then remove the internal drive to free up the drive slot? If so, what's the best way?
Thanks.

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Hi
Please find the link given below might be helpful for your.
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