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

[MichaelRCiancio]

@MichaelRCiancio Any info regarding the Intel SOLIDIGM D5-P5336 15.36TB model? Does the 15.36TB becomes slow after a few writes? Is the Read/Write at full speed?

It goes fulls speed for the entire time after starting out a bit slow for the first like 10 sec. Also, it works faster in exfat than in apfs. I think that gets talked about a few pages back...

 

[MoonCakeTropics]

Thought this might be of use. 30TB solidigm for under $2500. Cheapest I've seen in a while:

Solidigm 30.72TB SSD PCIe NVMe 2.5" Read Intensive SBFPF2BV307T New Pull

PCIe NVMe Enterprise Class 4th Generation Read Intensive 2.5" Form Factor Solidigm Part Number: SBFPF2BV307T

www.etb-tech.com

 

[MoonCakeTropics]

Has anyone tried either of these new High Point PCIe 5 cards in the Mac Pro? Particularly the 2023 M2?

1682 (no raid)

https://www.highpoint-tech.com/nvme-switch-adapter/gen5/rocket-1628a

7628 (raid version)

https://www.highpoint-tech.com/nvme-raid-adapter/gen5/rocket-7628a

Do they work? Thanks!

 

[AmitSinha]

It goes fulls speed for the entire time after starting out a bit slow for the first like 10 sec. Also, it works faster in exfat than in apfs. I think that gets talked about a few pages back...

Cool. Thanks for the confirmation!

 

[AmitSinha]

@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?