Turn late 2011 iMac with SSD+HD into Fusion Drive

[shankara7]

Have a late 2011 iMac with 256 SSD + 2 TB HD, any way with use of software to turn it into a Fusion Drive?

 

[mrapplegate]

Have a late 2011 iMac with 256 SSD + 2 TB HD, any way with use of software to turn it into a Fusion Drive?

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/10/more-on-fusion-drive-how-it-works-and-how-to-roll-your-own/

Part 1
http://jollyjinx.tumblr.com/post/34638496292/fusion-drive-on-older-macs-yes-since-apple-has
Part 2
http://jollyjinx.tumblr.com/post/34694173142/more-on-byo-fusion-drive-i-wanted-to-know-how

Another example
http://www.petralli.net/2012/10/ana...macs-with-an-ssd-and-a-traditional-hard-disk/

 

[nicroma]

I can't wait to set this up once I get some free time.

 

[Ralphalph]

Late 2008 MBP

Anyone know of a reason why I couldn't do this to my late 2008 Macbook Pro? It's currently modded with a 500GB HDD in the optical drive bay, along with a 128GB SSD. Having these as one volume that worked automatically would be pretty handy.

 

[jon8214]

I have done this with a 128gb ssd and a 1tb hdd in my 2011 mbp, have noticed it is a bit quicker but will prob take a while for the os to work out the apps etc i use most often but it does seem to work perfectly well.

 

[nicroma]

My only concern that is now keeping me from doing this, is if Apple will break the configuration with any OS updates on non-official Fusion Mac models.

 

[vthree]

I have done this with a 128gb ssd and a 1tb hdd in my 2011 mbp, have noticed it is a bit quicker but will prob take a while for the os to work out the apps etc i use most often but it does seem to work perfectly well.

hmm which method did you follow? i have the same setup as you.

 

[jon8214]

hmm which method did you follow? i have the same setup as you.

i used the http://www.petralli.net/2012/10/ana...macs-with-an-ssd-and-a-traditional-hard-disk/
method was easy and quick to follow.

 

[Fried Chicken]

So now how does this work with windows under boot camp?

From apple's support document it seems like only the HDD can be partitioned, but what if I wanted a windows partition entirely on the SSD?

Could I partition a 256 GB SSD to be say 128GB Mac/Fusion and 128GB windows and then run fusion drive on windows?