MP 1,1-5,1 What should I expect if I move my ssd/HDD to another 5,1?

[todesto]

I am using 2010 5,1 with single core and found seller with dual core 2012 5,1 and ended up buying it.
so I got me dual core x5680 3.33 GHz instead of singe X5690 3.46GHz and got me more ram so I can upgrade 32 to 48GB.

My question is
if I just simply move my fusion drive + other HDDs to replacement MacPro, should it just boot and good to go?

or do I have to move internal drives, clean install and restore from time machine?

 

[MarkC426]

Firstly, you mean you are going from a single 'processor' to dual 'processor' Mac Pro.
Secondly a cMP doesn't use a Fusion Drive.

Answer to your question, YES you can move the drive to the new Mac Pro.

Depending on your Firmware version and OS version on the old machine, you may need to update the FW on the new machine.

 

[todesto]

Firstly, you mean you are going from a single 'processor' to dual 'processor' Mac Pro.
Secondly a cMP doesn't use a Fusion Drive.

Answer to your question, YES you can move the drive to the new Mac Pro.

Depending on your Firmware version and OS version on the old machine, you may need to update the FW on the new machine.

Thanks for reply. I am currently running my SSD+HDD as fusion drive and it's working.
is FW update automatic? both has high sierra.

 

[MarkC426]

If both are on High Sierra, then no worries.
If you upgrade to Mojave, you would need a firmware update, which is automatic during the install.
You would also need a Metal supported GPU.

MP5,1: What you have to do to upgrade to Mojave (BootROM upgrade instructions thread)

Please fully read this first post, you will probably find that you have one or more problems described into the various notes below. Mojave will only install if you have upgraded your BootROM to the current release and your Mac Pro have a Metal capable GPU*. If you are trying to install Mojave...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[Macschrauber]

Fusion drives sure work in Mac Pros, tho they dont make real sense with todays ssd prices.

 

[tsialex]

Fusion drives never made any sense after we learned that the SSD part that does all the caching for the HDD would self destruct in months time with all the writes/erases.

Btw, back then Apple assembled Fusion drives with real top quality SSDs made of SLC NAND. With today cheap TLC/QLC SSDs, you can be sure that a Fusion drive will fail in weeks time.

 

[todesto]

Fusion drives never made any sense after we learned that the SSD part that does all the caching for the HDD would self destruct in months time with all the writes/erases.

Btw, back then Apple assembled Fusion drives with real top quality SSDs made of SLC NAND. With today cheap TLC/QLC SSDs, you can be sure that a Fusion drive will fail in weeks time.

I know I am aware of that. I am trying to revert back install OS and app in SSD and save data in HDD. I know I have to do that eventually. BTW I am reading your post on upgrading to Mojave and possibly later to Big Sur as I got spare K4200 GPU. Good stuff. Thx!

 

[todesto]

If both are on High Sierra, then no worries.
If you upgrade to Mojave, you would need a firmware update, which is automatic during the install.
You would also need a Metal supported GPU.

MP5,1: What you have to do to upgrade to Mojave (BootROM upgrade instructions thread)

Please fully read this first post, you will probably find that you have one or more problems described into the various notes below. Mojave will only install if you have upgraded your BootROM to the current release and your Mac Pro have a Metal capable GPU*. If you are trying to install Mojave...

forums.macrumors.com

I have another question.
I am running fusion drive and have time machine backed up.
If I decided to separate fusion and install MacOS on SSD. Can I just restore app only to SSD and import data on HDD and won't have conflict?