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Which PCIe SSD drive works with Mac Pro?

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Im looking for a fast ssd solution for my mac pro. What drives work?

-Thanks
 
philipma1957 said:
none but owc has posted they will have one in 2011
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thats not entirely true:

http://www.apricorn.com/product_detail.php?type=family&id=71

also this, if you want to roll your own:

http://www.apricorn.com/product_detail.php?type=family&id=59

i was looking for years before stumbling across these, don't have either myself, nor have ever seen any reviews but look like they would work. i like the idea of using the bare chassis and filling it with better drives than the western digital, but i think there is an issue with that one only being for 32 bit OS
 
proter99 said:
thats not entirely true:

http://www.apricorn.com/product_detail.php?type=family&id=71
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Not bootable, though, which is what I expect from both OWC and OCZ.

I hope we'll see some bootable PCIe SSD's in the near future cause even if the get SATA 6Gb/s in the next MP revision, the 6Gb/s SSD's will already saturate this bus and a new SATA release is far, far away, if there will be a new release at all.

For fast storage, PCIe definitely is the way to go.
 
r00ky said:
Newbie question, would SSDs like this be bottlenecked being they are on PCI? Or could they be used to their full potential?
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With a maximum transfer rate of 133MB/s, a PCI bus would cut the performance of a single SSD by 50%.

I doubt that there are even PCI cards that provide the features like the cards above.
 
Transporteur said:
With a maximum transfer rate of 133MB/s, a PCI bus would cut the performance of a single SSD by 50%.

I doubt that there are even PCI cards that provide the features like the cards above.
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Damn, thats a big hit. So who would this product benefit? Someone who already has all 4 HD Bays filled?
 
r00ky said:
Damn, thats a big hit. So who would this product benefit? Someone who already has all 4 HD Bays filled?
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I think you misunderstand - you asked for the speed of PCI, whereas the devices being mentioned operate through PCIe or PCIe 2.0, which are much faster interconnects.
 
NoManIsland said:
I think you misunderstand - you asked for the speed of PCI, whereas the devices being mentioned operate through PCIe or PCIe 2.0, which are much faster interconnects.
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Ahh, thanks for the clear up on that.

How fast do the PCIe/2.0 connect? Fast enough to utilize such an array obviously?
 
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