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MP All Models Bootable PCI SSD Cards/Drives for Mac Pro (NVMe M.2, U.2, EDSFF E3.S, etc.)

@MichaelRCiancio Recently a friend of mine had the D7-P5520 (Cisco branded) and the SSD died. This makes me think if i should pop in my same model (Intel retail) and move the data or a M.2 would be more preferred? I know that electronics may fail but did not expect that enterprise drives would fail too. Although, i'm not sure how it died but the BIOS would hang on my system when the faulty SSD was installed.

What's your take on this and how long it has been you're using U.2 drives on your Mac?

Also, is it a boot drive or a data drive? Can you list down the models you've been using? Lastly, any problems so far?
 
Rimmsi said:
As far as I remember, the only 100% reliable U.2 ssd in MacOS are the Micron 9100, 9200 and 9300. If you're using windows, the options are pretty much limitless. I think even the Intel p4800x/p5800x had some troublecwith booting MacOS.
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Did you test it? I'm looking to buy one for my use case.
 
Not sure if this has been covered elsewhere in this thread but:

The Thunderbolt 3 chipset seems to behave differently to the newer USB4 and TB5 chipsets in terms of driver performance.

On a Trebleet Thunderbolt 3 enclosure a Kioxia CD6R gets speeds of about 2200MB/s write. But on USB4/Thunderbolt 5 the write speed is under 50MB/s.

I have a much older Intel P4510 that performs better over U4/TB5 at 2000/1300MB/s R/W - so I would be extremely interested to know if the new Solidigm drives perform well over these connections, given they are cut from similar cloth. @ZombiePhysicist - Do you have any means to test anything like this?
 
Sorry this is not for Mac Pro, but, is it possible to use this U.2 drive (or other large one with about 64TB or about 128TB) like
Solidigm D5-P5336 122.88TB
www.solidigm.com

D5-P5336 High-Density PCIe 4.0 SSD for AI | Solidigm

Data center SSD with capacities up to 122TB, th is hyper-scalable solution for data-intensive & read-intensive workloads lets you efficiently accelerate data.
www.solidigm.com www.solidigm.com
as external drive on Mac mini or other Mac with M4 or M5 microprocessor and macOS 26 Tahoe?

Perhaps using this EZConvert MB705M2P-B adapter?

MB705M2P-B_M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe 4.0 to 2.5" U.2 SSD Converter/Mounting Adapter

global.icydock.com global.icydock.com

Can it be used to boot the Mac or only to store data? Is it stable? Does it require to install drivers?

Thanks.
 
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