APFS for MacPro 12 Core 2010 with 520GB SSD Drive + QTY 3 x 3TB Internal HDs

amclizamcliz
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Will the new APFS system with High Sierra work with my MacPro 12 Core 2010 with 520GB SSD Drive + QTY 3 x 3TB Internal HDs. Will it format my SSD with the new APFS format and then leave the other QTY 3 x 3TB Internal HDs alone... will an APFS formatted drive be able to copy files onto a standard legacy formatted Hard Drive..?

I use Timemachine and a 15TB Drobo drive to backup all my data, but I don't want to upgrade and break my workflow to system... what would be the best thing to do... I heard you can Opt-Out of the whole new APFS file system upgrade ?

Any comments much appreciated.


Regards,
Anthony

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele Posts: 6,861administrator
    1: it will migrate your SSD to APFS, without a reformat.
    2: It will leave your hard drives alone.
    3: An APFS drive will be able to copy files to a HFS+ hard drive in High Sierra.
    4: The Drobo will be unaffected.

    You can NOT opt out of the release High Sierra APFS migration, if you have a SSD for a boot drive.
    edited September 2017 amcliz
  • Reply 2 of 6
    amclizamcliz Posts: 56member
    Thank you sooo much Mike... so it would be safe to upgrade to High Sierra when it does arrive.... once of course all my key workflow apps are fully supported.... ?
  • Reply 3 of 6
    amclizamcliz Posts: 56member
    Hi again Mike...

    I have all my key workflow app on my main startup SSD drive... so would this help with overall performance on such an old MacPro 12 Core:-

    – 2 x 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon

    – 64 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

    – ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 MB

    Thanks again for your comments and input.

  • Reply 4 of 6
    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele Posts: 6,861administrator
    Assuming your apps are supported, you should be fine. Do check before you update. I really have no idea if performance will be better for you or not, I'm afraid. Time will tell.

    What you can do to help yourself out is get a PCI-E card for your SSD. A new drive isn't required, but your SATA backplane is SATA-2 on the 5,1. Fine for your hard drives, but you could be choking the max speed of your SSD some with it.
    edited September 2017
  • Reply 5 of 6
    amclizamcliz Posts: 56member
    Super stuff Mike.... thank you again for taking the time out to drop me your replies and comments. Very much appreciated.

    PS. Greetings from Ireland... :)
  • Reply 6 of 6
    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele Posts: 6,861administrator
    amcliz said:
    Super stuff Mike.... thank you again for taking the time out to drop me your replies and comments. Very much appreciated.

    PS. Greetings from Ireland... :)
    Any time. Greetings from just south of Washington D.C.!
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