#Mac mini vs mac mini server install
#Mac mini vs mac mini server software
#Mac mini vs mac mini server Pc
#Mac mini vs mac mini server plus
#Mac mini vs mac mini server series

#Mac mini vs mac mini server Pc

I'm so spoiled with my dual RAID 0 array on the Quad PC Vista, which is also equipped with a pair of SandForce SSD RAID 0 as boot and apps drive, I have which I use to process HD clips for motion stabilization, noise reduction etc before sending them to my Mac Mini for further editing. What I'm interested when buying the Mac Mini is the Thunderbolt port. Most SSD drives wear themselves out, though newer technologies like GC (Garbage Collection) and wear levelling techniques help extend drive life, a SSD drive will die sooner than a typical hard drive. SSD is just not ideal and cost effective for working video files etc since it is a new technology, the constant read and writes to the memory cell imposed a high level of wear and tear to the drive itself.

#Mac mini vs mac mini server plus

Other than that, I just use the second internal drive as my clips and project drive plus my FW800 drives.

#Mac mini vs mac mini server install

Mac mini benefits more speed if you install lots of memory (8Gb or 16Gb as I see OWC offered). My SandForce based SSD in the Mac Mini Core i5 is only for boot and apps plus memory page swapping if I run more apps in the background. For the cost to performance and power usage aspect, the Mini with Core i5/i7 option is a viable path.

The Mini did not dissappoint me with iMovie 11 and editing plus finalizing. With a SSD drive installed, the Mini just flies. It is way cheaper than the Apple BTO option, plus I get to choose which fast SSD drive I want in. I recently purchased a Mac Mini Core i5 2.3Ghz to deal with more HD video work and upgraded it to take a second SSD drive. In this case, a fast Dual Core with Turbo Boost engaged will be FASTER than a Quad of a slower clock speed in single process type application, but the newer Core i5 can run up to 4 threads, simulating somewhat 4 virtual cores, so really it is application and usage dependent.

#Mac mini vs mac mini server software

However, some Mac software are not multi-core aware. If you use Handbrake a lot which takes advantage of the multi-core of the Quad Core, then Quad will be faster than Dual Core.

#Mac mini vs mac mini server series

Raid 0 stripe mode essentially doubles your hard drive throughput, but because the Sandy Bridge Intel Core i series chip is a powerful and efficient CPU, there won't be a huge latency lag associated with previous software RAID setup.Дual Core vs Quad Core is really dependent on software used. You can achieve the same thing somewhat with Carbon Copy Cloner, but it is not as seamless as RAID 1. In the event of a boot drive failure, you can still boot from your second drive. If you set up your Mini with software RAID 1, then what this does is whenever your first drive is being written with data, the second drive is mirrored with the same data. With 2 drives on your server, you usually have 2 RAID choices - Stripe (Raid 0) or Mirror (Raid 1). The only difference is that you need your Mac Mini to do the managing and controlling of the RAID array as opposed to the dedicated RAID controller with the hardware option. Software RAID and hardware RAID are the same thing operation wise. :-) I'd appreciate any knowledgeable input here! Does anyone know, if such larger drives are supported in Mac Mini, or whether they aren't due to temperature constraints? I already found out, which connector cable I need from the Apple spare parts to add a second harddrive to the regular Mac Mini, so the plugging in itself is not the problem, but the making sure it runs smoothly over time in the small space. Now the question is: how much of a difference does the quad core make compared to a duo core when just 2-5 users are working with the Mac Mini? Plus Parallels virtualization on it?Д¤.) And this is just a question: The regular Mac Mini obviously can be nicely pimped with a second hard drive as well, which means, I could throw out the one 500GB disk and either build in 2x 1TB disks or even larger ones. The regular Mac Mini doesn't have the quad core option. But most of the server services are hold in memory anyway, aren't they? So would the SSD not only speed up the startup and shutdown, but leave the running phase unmodified? The one harddisk then is too small to hold all storage data anyway, so it doesn't make so much sense.ДЈ.) don't use the Mac Mini server but use a regular Mac Mini The SSD could hold the OS, thus speeding it up considerably, I suppose. Doesn't leave much space for storage then (or said differently: it's too small for the data storage anyway). Is it really useful then? And it would mean that the system itself and the data store are on the same RAID set. I see the following options:ДЎ.) just use the Mac Mini server with standard 2x500GB. I am a bit confused about the optimal system setup.

I consider buying a Mac Mini as server system.