Mac Mini (2010) server - is there a way to set it to run in Raid 0?

[GodWhomIsMike]

Mac Mini (2010) server - is there a way to set it to run in Raid 0? Seems like if there is, this might be the most economical way to get the quickest Mac Mini possible, without having to rip it open at all. Just plug in a back-up drive or two, and set to do automatic backups overnight.


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[Hellhammer]

Yes, with Disk Utility for example

 

[GodWhomIsMike]

Yes, with Disk Utility for example

Well, in that case, seems like the 2010 Mini Server will be the little beast that could then.

Would love to see a benchmark of that.

Are their any benchmarks around of the 2.53 GHz Mac Mini server set up with Raid 0? I assume that the 2010 would be very similar in performance, with the addition of a little more graphical muscle.

 

[Hellhammer]

Well, in that case, seems like the 2010 Mini Server will be the little beast that could then.

Would love to see a benchmark of that.

Are their any benchmarks around of the 2.53 GHz Mac Mini server set up with Raid 0? I assume that the 2010 would be very similar in performance, with the addition of a little more graphical muscle.

2010 model has 7200 rpm HDs while 2009 has 5400rpm so it's even faster with the new Mini

 

[i7QuadCoreMania]

2010 model has 7200 rpm HDs while 2009 has 5400rpm so it's even faster with the new Mini

Hmm... let me see if I can try benchmark it. I reloaded my 2010 Mini server to osx client 10.6.4 and on RAID 0 (did it thru disk utility before I installed OSX client 10.6.3 from the disc and updated to 10.6.4)

 

[GodWhomIsMike]

Hmm... let me see if I can try benchmark it. I reloaded my 2010 Mini server to osx client 10.6.4 and on RAID 0 (did it thru disk utility before I installed OSX client 10.6.3 from the disc and updated to 10.6.4)

Awesome win if you do it.

 

[cherry su]

Too bad it isn't hardware RAID. I suspect the software RAID is going to be quite a bit slower. Interestingly, the aforementioned benchmarks beg to differ (Mac Pro vs. Mac mini RAID), but I'm still not fully convinced.

 

[belvdr]

Too bad it isn't hardware RAID. I suspect the software RAID is going to be quite a bit slower. Interestingly, the aforementioned benchmarks beg to differ (Mac Pro vs. Mac mini RAID), but I'm still not fully convinced.

Depends on your view.

Hardware RAID (not assisted) > Software RAID > single drive

assuming the same drive is used for comparison purposes. RAID 0 has no real impact on the CPU, as there's no calculations for parity. It's just stripe here, stripe there, stripe here, etc. The same applies for RAID 1.

RAID 5/6 is where you can really bottleneck things in a hurry with a software RAID.