New M2pro mini arrives on weds 6th.

[philipma1957]

So a custom M2 pro with 16gb ram and 1tb ssd will arrive soon. I also ordered a sandisk 1tb external ssd from best buy. It is the pro version. I should get over 2500 read and write speeds with it. I will likely boot with the external and run that. I will attach a usb-c drive that has 2 wd hdd gold size 8tb. One will do a time machine the other will be used to clone the sandisk as a backup once a week.

The internal ssd will not get use. I will post setup in a week or two photos and tests.

 

[Bigwaff]

Simply curious, what is the rationale for not using the internal SSD?

 

[philipma1957]

please delete this post. I copied it below

 

[philipma1957]

So the m2 pro mini is here. I am running with the samsung t7 1tb ssd that was running my m1 mini. works well so far.

When I have the faster sansdisk extreme pro I will post tests etc.





I was looking to quote post above and combine it with this post. It did not work I did it a different way. so here is Monday's post:





"I will be loading a BTC full blockchain which is 600gb long. I also prefer to run my Mac mini's with external drives when I run a BTC blockchain on them. The blockchain will grow past 1tb in a few years so the internal will not be big enough.
I will occasionally use the internal but I mostly use externals with my minis. Leaves the mini lasting far longer since you can't pull the internal drives out anymore. I own 3 minis

2012
2018
2021

will now be
2018
2021
2023

all use an external ssd as a booter."