MP 14,8 Best Multi Slot M.2 NVMe PCIe cards for 2023 Mac Pro?

[MoonCakeTropics]

Are there any known good PCIe cards that can RAID 0 a bunch of M.2 NVMe sticks into a single drive that will work well on the 2023 Mac Pro?

I have a bunch of unused M.2 sticks I was hoping to aggregate into a single big drive. It does not have to be bootable (although that would be cool).

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[SDAVE]

Sonnet makes solid cards for Macs

PCIe Cards - SONNETTECH

Computer cards to upgrade Mac and Windows computers with M.2, U.2 and SATA SSD storage, 25GbE and 10GbE networking, and USB 3.2 connectivity.

www.sonnettech.com

Or other third parties should work. But I wouldn't cheap out on this since you want stability/speed/relability especially if you're doing mission critical work. Sonnet gets a little pricey. Also check OWC.

 

[MoonCakeTropics]

Thank you. I went with the Sonnet. Hopefully gets here tomorrow! It even lets you boot, albeit off a single stick only. But still that's better than nothing.

Have you used any of these. Curious what is the smartest thing to RAID them with. Some built in hardware RAID, softRAID, or the built in mac raid stuff.

 

[TzunamiOSX]

Are there any known good PCIe cards that can RAID 0 a bunch of M.2 NVMe sticks into a single drive that will work well on the 2023 Mac Pro?

I have a bunch of unused M.2 sticks I was hoping to aggregate into a single big drive. It does not have to be bootable (although that would be cool).

Thanks for any suggestions.

Not enough information about the SSDs.

Mac Community | HighPoint-tech.com

www.highpoint-tech.com

They have small cards and also this one with up to 28,000 MB/s and up to 16 slots

https://www.highpoint-tech.com/nvme-individual/ssd7749m2

 

[SDAVE]

Thank you. I went with the Sonnet. Hopefully gets here tomorrow! It even lets you boot, albeit off a single stick only. But still that's better than nothing.

Have you used any of these. Curious what is the smartest thing to RAID them with. Some built in hardware RAID, softRAID, or the built in mac raid stuff.

I've used Sonnet PCIe cards before, very solid brand, but not these NVME ones. You shouldn't have issues and they have great tech support/return policy.

I do have a single NVME in one of the PCIe slots for running Windows, I forgot which brand it is have to look it up. Since it's not mission critical work just running Windows (for gaming), I opted not to spend too much on the card itself.