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Aymara said:
Not on Mac as far as I know. And from my knowledge so far, it doesn't work at all.

But maybe I can learn something new ... can you tell me a combo that definitely supports Trim over USB?
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Samsung T5 and presumably later models but you need to format using NTFS.
 
Nick Batzdorf said:
The only one to avoid is Seagate, because the company made me mad years ago.
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You and me both. Seagate is the only verboten brand in my studio after flagship drives from two different generations both died horrible, horrible deaths. The second one resulted in my only major data loss since the 90s (my backup automation had also failed). The rep was so bad, in fact, that when I called a drive recovery company in California and gave them the model number, their response was, "ugh.... yeah. Well, we can give it a try, but don't get your hopes up."

My studio is primarily Samsung, but I'm currently using two WD nvmes as my primary sample drives.
 
Ray Toler said:
You and me both. Seagate is the only verboten brand in my studio after flagship drives from two different generations both died horrible, horrible deaths. The second one resulted in my only major data loss since the 90s (my backup automation had also failed). The rep was so bad, in fact, that when I called a drive recovery company in California and gave them the model number, their response was, "ugh.... yeah. Well, we can give it a try, but don't get your hopes up."

My studio is primarily Samsung, but I'm currently using two WD nvmes as my primary sample drives.
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I'd forgive them for having bad manufacturing runs, but they were aggressively nasty to me when I had four failures - two of them immediately after the warranty expired - within a month. This was more than one customer service person.

There are other companies, so I simply stopped supporting them.
 
Nick Batzdorf said:
The main thing seems to be the enclosure, although there have been reports of issues with Apple Silicon and some models of SSDs.

Also, my issues with some USB devices (M1 Mac Studio Max) not mounting when I'd wake or restart the computer went away a couple of macOS Ventura updates ago.

But that hasn't ever happened with my Acasis TB405 enclosure with a 4TB Crucial P3+.



I second the vote for every other brand as well, never having felt the need to pay a premium for Samsung.

Crucial, Western Digital, SanDisk, Kingston, Corsair, PNY.. I'm probably forgetting others I've had that have never failed. The only one to avoid is Seagate, because the company made me mad years ago.
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@Nick Batzdorf - what speeds are you getting with the Acasis TB405 and the Crucial P3+?

I just got an M2 Ultra with 1TB internal and I have a 4TB Crucial P3+ in my old machine that I want to incorporate into my new Mac Studio. I also want to buy 2 more of the same 4TB drives and am wondering what might be the best way to incorporate the 3 of them externally into my setup.

Anyone have thoughts on the best way to maintain their speed and a tidy solution?
I've been getting 2650 write and 2300 read on the 4TB in my old Mac on the crucial.
I also have a WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB that gets 2650 write and 2800 read - but they are pricier and I don't know if it's worth spending the extra money for the faster read times or if it even matters at that point?
 
alcorey said:
Anyone have thoughts on the best way to maintain their speed and a tidy solution?
I've been getting 2650 write and 2300 read on the 4TB in my old Mac on the crucial.
I also have a WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB that gets 2650 write and 2800 read - but they are pricier and I don't know if it's worth spending the extra money for the faster read times or if it even matters at that point?
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You'll likely maintain these speeds on the M2. You don't need nearly those speeds though to stream samples. Those speeds will help primarily in loading projects and transferring large files. If you want to stream large video files at fast frame rates you will also need faster drives.
 
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