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2019 imac fusion drive
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1828875" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>It's not even 2% riskier, but it is riskier. The risk comes from the fact that to have ONE drive work, TWO devices have to work. And each has a certain failure rate. The fusion means that unlike having an SSD and an HD separate, if either one fails, both fail, or appear to have failed, because the system stores things on both drives all intermingled. And, nope, no free lunch. If you want speed, go SSD. If you want cheap storage, go HD. Fusion is an attempt at speed AND storage at the higher risk of failure. Just make backups frequently, you'll be ok.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1828875, member: 396914"] It's not even 2% riskier, but it is riskier. The risk comes from the fact that to have ONE drive work, TWO devices have to work. And each has a certain failure rate. The fusion means that unlike having an SSD and an HD separate, if either one fails, both fail, or appear to have failed, because the system stores things on both drives all intermingled. And, nope, no free lunch. If you want speed, go SSD. If you want cheap storage, go HD. Fusion is an attempt at speed AND storage at the higher risk of failure. Just make backups frequently, you'll be ok. [/QUOTE]
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