Re: Encryption stalled at 40%

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Encryption stalled at 40%
Date	2017-03-30 04:37 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnodp315.ns6.g.kreme@snow.local> (permalink)
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In message <ek3crlFjm0eU2@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2017-03-28, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>>
>> I am probably going to swap the drive for an SSD anyway, considering how
>> slow it's been, but I'd like to have the boot drive in a stable state
>> first.
>>
>> Also, quick question, is "Upper" bay the one closest to the top of the
>> machine (that is, the lowest one when replacing drives) or the one
>> closest to the motherboard (the first drive you get to when taking the
>> machine apart)?

> Disk Utility will report which bay in which a given drive resides:

> 1. Open Disk Utility.
> 2. In the list on the left side, click the top-level entity for the
> drive in question.
> 3. Click the Info button near the right-top corner of the window.
> 4. Look for "Location" in the info window.

Right, but there's no indication as to which physical position is
"upper".

> Next time I'll definitely go with OWC instead. Unlike iFixit, OWC
> actually has a kit for either configuration:

> <https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DIYIMM11D2/>

> Another thing you should check into is whether the upper and lower bays
> in your model are operating at the same speed. Some models shipped with
> a slower 3Gbps SATA II slots (presumably because the slot previously
> held the DVD drive). If you are building a custom Fusion drive, you'd
> likely want the SSD to be in the fastest slot available.

I think the mid-2010 Server is SATA II on both slots.

Later models have SATA-III. I believe the 2009 or maybe earlier had one
SATA-I slot for the optical. My 2010 did not have an optical drive
option as it shipped with 2x500GB drives.


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Encryption stalled at 40% Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-28 02:38 +0000
  Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-28 15:44 +0000
    Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-28 21:49 +0000
      Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-29 07:25 +0000
        Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-29 18:04 +0000
        Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-03-29 17:43 -0400
          Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-30 04:31 +0000
  Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-30 03:37 +0000
    Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-30 04:37 +0000
      Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-30 15:54 +0000
        Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-31 00:12 +0000
          Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-31 00:52 +0000
            Re: Encryption stalled at 40% Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-31 06:11 +0000

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