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After extensive testing, we\u2019re glad to announce that both the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G line and our Mercury Electra 6G line of SSDs<\/a> are fully compatible with the 6Gb\/s SATA 3.0 ports on both the 2011 Mac mini and the 2011 Mac mini Server.<\/p>\n

Both drive models work great, without the dropouts and other inconsistencies that we have seen in the 17\u201d 2011 MacBook Pros.<\/a><\/p>\n

Like its predecessor, the 2011 Mac mini Server has two drive bays, which can see the drives individually or in a software RAID 0 or 1. We tested a pair of Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSDs set up in a RAID 0<\/a> inside the mini Server and achieved read\/write speeds over 1000MB\/s!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cregular\u201d Mac mini only comes with a single drive installed. It appears, though, that a dual drive setup is<\/em> certainly doable (though we can\u2019t really comment on it until we look into it more, so please don\u2019t even ask –\u00a0just keep checking back;\u00a0we’ll post it when we know for sure).<\/p>\n

However, since the “regular” Mac mini comes as a single-drive unit, that\u2019s how we tested it. It didn\u2019t disappoint, either, getting speeds of over 500MB\/s Read and over 420MB\/s Write<\/strong> using one of the EXTREME Pro 6G’s.<\/p>\n

You can see the results of both series tests below.<\/p>\n\n

As you can see by these scores putting a 6Gb\/s-capable SSD (or SSDs) in your 2011 Mac mini or Mac mini Server, really helps it achieve fullest the data transfer speeds possible.<\/p>\n

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After extensive testing, we\u2019re glad to announce that both the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G line and our Mercury Electra 6G line of SSDs are fully compatible with the 6Gb\/s SATA 3.0 ports on both the 2011 Mac mini and the 2011 Mac mini Server. 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