I’m moving my Internet connection to a different floor in my house, which is opening up the possibility of moving my Roon Core from ROCK on an Intel NUC to a underutilized iMac. The NUC is only 3 years old, and, while the iMac is in perfect condition it’s still a 2014, and will never be able to update to anything after Big Sur. The iMac isn’t being used for anything else at all right now, and is unlikely to be put back into commission for anything else. So it would be exclusively Roon’s dedicated. (It’s got other software on it of course, but it isnt anyone’s work or play machine.)
Why would I move it? Mainly ease of access. Both HDD’s have 4TB of capacity so that’s neutral. If I don’t move the Core, I’ll just Ethernet the NUC into a switch port as I’ve been doing. But I’m not a tech guy, and dealing with the NUC is sometimes a bit of a drag.
I think we’re talking Apples and, well, different Apples. Big Sur is the desktop Mac OS. It’s been updated 3x since it came out. Going to be updated again later this year. iOS is for iPhones and iPads.
Apple always caps update compatibility for its machines, so that’s not new. But Big Sur is robust enough and will be fine for as long as Roon is compatible with it. I’m sure there will come a day when Roon updates to something that won’t be compatible, so I will have to find a new solution than. But I figure I should get anywhere from 2 to 5 years?
Oops, yeah, like I said not a mac or apple guy, missed the distinction between MAC OS and iOS.
That “iMAC” in your post threw me off, yeah that’s my excuse…ignore me, sorry for muddying the waters.
This might help guide you through moving your server:
I thought of that. But I have 2TB of local music and don’t feel like copying it or keeping 2 databases synced. I know it’s not hard, but I’m a “set it and forget it” sort and don’t like tinkering as much as other folks do.
But I think that’s sound advice.
Here’s a thought too…One of the other things I’m moving is my Synology NAS. Maybe I could just use the NAS for the local DB storage, and point both Core’s at it.
Using OCLP I installed Ventura on a 2012 iMac and it runs well. First I ‘unfused’ the fusion drive and then installed Ventura on the SSD rather than the HDD.
