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M.2 NVMe SSDs in the 2023 Mac Pro. Use a Sonnet M.2 4x4 PCIe card

Anyone using the newest Sonnect M.2 NVMe SSD with an Apple Pro? How big a drive? Using it as 4 separate SSDs or in an array?

Thanks.

Mac Pro, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 4, 2023 11:17 PM

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Posted on Jul 5, 2023 9:04 AM

That card is built for SPEED. That card has a controller, so it can configure provide full x16 PCIe 4 speeds to any drive or combination of drives. When multiple drives are configured as a Striped RAID, the speed is truly impressive.


But for a music production Mac, you should not need that much speed, and could save most the estimated retail US$800 by using slower alternatives.


The fastest generally-available single NVMe SSD module seems to be an advertised 7,000 M Bytes/sec. again, all about speed.


Do you even need SSD drives for music production?


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M.2 NVMe SSDs in the 2023 Mac Pro. Use a Sonnet M.2 4x4 PCIe card

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