TarDisk Pear - thoughts?

[Jazz76]

Hi All

Any thoughts on the TarDisk Pear? Claims to create a Fusion Drive within the laptop. Could be fantastic, if overpriced at the moment?

http://tardisk.com

Does anybody know if it will be available in the uk?
Will it work with a Time Machine backup?

 

[cerberusss]

I'm curious as well. I do know some enterprising members of this forum have tried this themselves, even some years ago:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...sd-niftydrive-and-rmbp.1490099/#post-16714592

I fully except Time Machine supports backing up these volumes.

 

[Jazz76]

ah, that's interesting. It would solve a lot of problems, but I'm sure there are issues with this method that are yet to surface.

 

[cerberusss]

I remember from another thread that I think was running here, that some people experienced the SD card becoming available somewhat later after startup (in the minutes rather than the seconds range). That would make this solution unusable, I think. But that would be the exception; I can't believe the TarDisk makers would launch a product without thorough testing.

It's a very interesting solution, especially because two years after launching the MacBook Air 2013, there's still no upgrade path for the SSD. Although it's easily reachable and replaceable, nobody sells a replacement.

So this solution looks great. And if it fails, there's always your Time Machine backup.

 

[Jazz76]

mmm, I'm in the same position - 2013 Macbook Air. Current MBr seems too 'new' (I just know I'd regret getting one now, when a spec bump comes early next year) and the Pro is just too powerful for my needs.

 

[boston04and07]

I too am interested in how early adopters are liking this drive. I can't believe how quickly I've run out of storage space on my MBP, and this seems like an interesting solution. I haven't found a ton of reviews online yet, though...

 

[Fishrrman]

Seeing as how the maximum reads/writes on the TarDisk are about 95/90mbps, I can't imagine having this "fused" with the built in SSD, which is VERY fast (reads up around 1,500mbps?).

I'm interested in the "SD slot additional storage capacity" solutions out there, but whatever the final choice, I'd leave the SD drive as a "standalone drive" and "let my internal SSD be".