MP 7,1 Mac Pro 2019 NVME RAID drives failing to mount

[smckenzie]

I'll probably have to try that but I'm reminded that it did all work when I bought the computer. I can't remember the OS it came with but all my HDs and other 3rd party pci cards would mount without any issues.

Mine came with Monterey. No issues with that or Ventura at the time. Problems started with Sonoma which also included not being able to use eGPU's without them hard crashing the Mac.

 

[dbr9]

Mine came with Monterey. No issues with that or Ventura at the time. Problems started with Sonoma which also included not being able to use eGPU's without them hard crashing the Mac.

Yes, probably the same for me.

 

[jwestpro]

Whether it's just a result of greater numbers in use, Sonnet's NVME cards seem to have been effected more intensely by the Sonoma unmounting issue than others - at least we have folks here with Highpoint cards who were not effected.

If you're looking for a NVME SSD, I've had reliable performance with Samsung 990 Pros. Yeah, they're more expensive to start, but the cost of one round of troubleshooting an unreliable drive... is it really a savings to get a cheaper option?

Edit: also, you can renew your Applecare, it goes on to a rolling 12 month auto-renewing plan.

Hey, I have read a lot of things on this thread over the past couple years but I have not had any of the problems, ever. Maybe it's because I use NO raid configurations? Maybe it's just I got lucky by choosing OWC 4m2 as my card and also lucky on the 4x WD 8Tb nvme blades ? I also have the samsung 990 pro on, I think an OWC 1M2 and it's also always fine.

I redundant backup those nvme's to a pair of WD optinand 22TB drives in the "upper" sata bays, using Bombich CCC and CCC the mac SSD/os to a sata ssd up there as well.

I run 3 displays off the dual 32gb graphics mpx modules in the optimal port choices I read about.

Is the trouble everyone has because of the cards they're trying to use and/or nvme or mainly just the raid aspect ?

 

[mattspace]

Hey, I have read a lot of things on this thread over the past couple years but I have not had any of the problems, ever. Maybe it's because I use NO raid configurations? Maybe it's just I got lucky by choosing OWC 4m2 as my card and also lucky on the 4x WD 8Tb nvme blades ? I also have the samsung 990 pro on, I think an OWC 1M2 and it's also always fine.

I redundant backup those nvme's to a pair of WD optinand 22TB drives in the "upper" sata bays, using Bombich CCC and CCC the mac SSD/os to a sata ssd up there as well.

I run 3 displays off the dual 32gb graphics mpx modules in the optimal port choices I read about.

Is the trouble everyone has because of the cards they're trying to use and/or nvme or mainly just the raid aspect ?

I haven't had problems either*, though I'm still on Ventura.

*occasionally my external TB-connected USB drive tower won't be there on reboot, but that's an unplug / plug cycle to solve.