Sonnet Tempo & dual SSDs - worth it in 2019?

[mrkapqa]

thank for clarification @h9826790 yes you are right, meant i affect only apple native bootpicker, which is annoing as i found out, but once you settled and with OC installed, no more big of an issue.

and yes, did not know , fusion is not bootable at the moment, but that might change *still one can use it for everything data on the mp4,1&5,1

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[startergo]

This version of the card boots with or without OC, but it is obsolete.

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[h9826790]

thank for clarification @h9826790 yes you are right, meant i affect only apple native bootpicker, which is annoing as i found out, but once you settled and with OC installed, no more big of an issue.

and yes, did not know , fusion is not bootable at the moment, but that might change *still one can use it for everything data on the mp4,1&5,1

Fusion Dual 2.5-inch SSD RAID - Tech Specs - SONNETTECH

View videos and tech specs for Fusion Dual 2.5-inch SSD RAID, determine hardware and OS compatibility, and see recommended accessories.

www.sonnettech.com

The Sonnet TempoSSD card (including the Pro / Plus varients) are all PCIe SATA III cards.

The Sonnect Fusion card is actually a PCIe USB 3.2 card (but it has a onboard USB to SATA hardware to connect SATA SSD). Therefore, it's not bootable.

 

[mrkapqa]

@h9826790 was thinking of maybe upgrading once to the fusion card, and took the "not supporting booting at this time" as "bootable once firmware is adjusted"; if indeed, it is not bootable at all, it has a minus-point, but then, people seem to stress often that the boot-disk and data-disk should be separate.

 

[zedex]

The (now obsolete) 'SSD Pro Plus' HAS to be one of the highest performing, most versatile, NEAR PERFECT add-in cards you can install in a cMP. I absolutely love mine but it is sitting in a drawer gathering dust because I got a couple of SSUBX very cheap and they have all of the same special properties (bootable from 10.6-10.13+, PCI-e connected, AHCI-based, no recovery partition).

Strangely enough - I wasn't even aware of the boot-picker issue. A small SATA SSD directly connected to the internal SATA bays is essential for your boot volume in my experience. Any boot volume connected thru PCIe leads to a cascade of micro issues that will irritate you eventually. No recovery volume.. leading to no location services.. causing inconsistent iCloud service delivery (requiring multiple re-authentications).. HENCE the recommendation by experienced users to separate the boot vol and data volumes. It's just the lowest friction configuration.


*If any one really needs the 'Sonnet TEMPO SSD Pro Plus'.. PM me and i'll put it up on MRF market

 

[h9826790]

The (now obsolete) 'SSD Pro Plus' HAS to be one of the highest performing, most versatile, NEAR PERFECT add-in cards you can install in a cMP. I absolutely love mine but it is sitting in a drawer gathering dust because I got a couple of SSUBX very cheap and they have all of the same special properties (bootable from 10.6-10.13+, PCI-e connected, AHCI-based, no recovery partition).

Strangely enough - I wasn't even aware of the boot-picker issue. A small SATA SSD directly connected to the internal SATA bays is essential for your boot volume in my experience. Any boot volume connected thru PCIe leads to a cascade of micro issues that will irritate you eventually. No recovery volume.. leading to no location services.. causing inconsistent iCloud service delivery (requiring multiple re-authentications).. HENCE the recommendation by experienced users to separate the boot vol and data volumes. It's just the lowest friction configuration.


*If any one really needs the 'Sonnet TEMPO SSD Pro Plus'.. PM me and i'll put it up on MRF market

I think that’s not true in general.

My boot drive is on the TempoSSD card. It has recovery partition. Location service is normal. iCloud also works.

 

[zedex]

cheers for the counter point Martin. I'll see if I can better (more correctly) isolate whether pcie-connected storage devices can operate without the issues i complained about. i'll do a fresh install for good measure.

I stopped updating OSX at 10.13 (no OC, no APFS) i wonder if that reveals the distinction between your experience and my experience. Cheers for the comments mate(!) 😉

 

[h9826790]

cheers for the counter point Martin. I'll see if I can better (more correctly) isolate whether pcie-connected storage devices can operate without the issues i complained about. i'll do a fresh install for good measure.

I stopped updating OSX at 10.13 (no OC, no APFS) i wonder if that reveals the distinction between your experience and my experience. Cheers for the comments mate(!) 😉

I bought the TempoSSD back in 2014.

My boot drive installed on that since Mavericks. Then I upgraded / installed every versions of OSX / macOS onto the SSD that connected via the TempoSSD card.

All versions recovery partition work.

 

[Dewdman42]

For info, this TempoSSD card only affect the native Apple boot manager. OpenCore boot picker is not affected. I can boot from my TempoSSD via OpenCore boot picker.

If only install data drive onto the TempoSSD card, even the native Apple boot manager can work, the bug will only be triggered when there is a boot drive installed onto the card.

It's been a couple years since this post, can you please confirm this for me, I have the TempoSSD (not pro and not pro plus). I don't plan to use it as a boot drive, just a data drive, are you saying that in this capacity it will not block the apple boot picker? I hope that is what you're saying...about to get my firmware upgraded for boot menu, but don't want to give up my TempoSSD data drives...I don't care if I can't boot from them, I have never tried to do that before, if I were going to try to boot from faster media I'd probably be looking for some kind of m.2 solution instead of the tempoSSD.

But anyway appreciate any comments you may have. Thanks.

 

[mrkapqa]

But anyway appreciate any comments you may have. Thanks.

it seems Caldigit have overhauled their webpage and the legacy products with their respective faq section and specs are no longer easily browsable;
you could ask caldigit directly to make the information available to you, they had an articulate section faq that explained the issue well for tempo/pro and the non-affected plus.

EDIT: trash, i looked at the wrong site, you could check here for the Faq.

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