knowing which Mac Pro and just what it is setup to do would help.Hello,
I am planning to upgrade my ma pro drives to SSD, any recommendations for a supported SSD?.
Thanks.
knowing which Mac Pro and just what it is setup to do would help.
Any of the blade-type PCIe-SSD will make excellent fast devices, do not require a controller but use an adapter only (no firmeware or driver req'd) and capable of 1000-1500MB/sec - something that even two SSDs in RAID0 cannot lay claim to.
I would also say it is better to not have more than one using SATA II drive bays. A Samsung EVO 850 1TB might get you started, move to Apricorn SATA III in one of the open PCIe slots.
I had the blade types and in RAID. There was no noticable improvement over SATA 3 unless someone editing 4K videos, or many layers of HD videos, or high traffic server. I sold all the blades and now prefer larger capacity cheaper Evo 850 drives mounted on Sonnet Tempo Pro.
I have had an older OCZ is my 4,1 for a couple of years. I took advantage of an unused connector in the optical bay (I have only one optical drive). I found the 2.5-inch to 5.25-inch adapters to not work very well (and relatively expensive), so it's just fastened to the bottom of the installed drive using duct tape.
I have had an older OCZ is my 4,1 for a couple of years. I took advantage of an unused connector in the optical bay (I have only one optical drive). I found the 2.5-inch to 5.25-inch adapters to not work very well (and relatively expensive), so it's just fastened to the bottom of the installed drive using duct tape.
Hello,
The Mac pro is 4,1 model firmware upgraded to 5,1, I want to avoid using trim, so I am looking for an SSD that offers speed to my machine, thanks in advance for the help.
Hello,I like Samsung SSDs.
I have to ask why you want to avoid trim. It's like saying "I want to avoid more RAM", or "Please give me ISA slots, I want to avoid PCIe".
If you already owned an ancient SSD that has known faulty firmware and doesn't function correctly with trim activated (an older OWC SSD comes to mind) I would understand, but since you are SSD shopping for a new drive your motives elude me.
(scratches head)
Hello,
The reason to avoid trim is because the heavy job that I do in video, design and post leaves residues "Data" in the HD, and I had Ben using ONYX for several years to maintain my HD healthy and it does a pretty good job, ONYX does interfere if you are not careful so I don't want to bother with having to reinstall the OS y something goes wrong.
knowing which Mac Pro and just what it is setup to do would help.
Any of the blade-type PCIe-SSD will make excellent fast devices, do not require a controller but use an adapter only (no firmeware or driver req'd) and capable of 1000-1500MB/sec - something that even two SSDs in RAID0 cannot lay claim to.
I would also say it is better to not have more than one using SATA II drive bays. A Samsung EVO 850 1TB might get you started, move to Apricorn SATA III in one of the open PCIe slots.