"Me either since the T3 is different"
My mistake, meant to say I decided on the newer T3
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Using Thunderbolt SSD as main Hard Drive?
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My mistake, meant to say I decided on the newer T3
Finally with some help from Fishrrman, thanks much, I fumbled my way to having a Samsung Portable SSD T3 250gb cloned and now using as start up. Even went through upgrade to 10.11.3 and then 5 mins after install to 10.11.4. Was it worth 2 hours plus with several apple senior advisors, which didn't work frankly, Samsung tech support [pretty arrogant and ineffective], lots of online articles and as stated Fishrrman's help.
Result for $130 went from 60 R/W speed on Blackmagic to 375 and 426. Pretty worth it, now that it works
Result for $130 went from 60 R/W speed on Blackmagic to 375 and 426. Pretty worth it, now that it works
Could this be what I have been waiting for...
http://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-Dua..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=1A520X7ZXNCD8GQ9ZSZ3
I have been wanting to add a SSD to my 27" I mac. Will this be a good choice to house the SSD? It's only a few dollors more that the Seagate go flex adapters that I see on ebay.
http://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-Dua..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=1A520X7ZXNCD8GQ9ZSZ3
I have been wanting to add a SSD to my 27" I mac. Will this be a good choice to house the SSD? It's only a few dollors more that the Seagate go flex adapters that I see on ebay.
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http://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-Dua..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=1A520X7ZXNCD8GQ9ZSZ3
Seems overpriced for what you're getting.
You can buy a USB3 dual-dock for around $40.
Seems overpriced for what you're getting.
You can buy a USB3 dual-dock for around $40.
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You always recommend USB3 over Thunderbolt due to price, but I'm wondering do you use USB3 for a boot drive?
As was stated before, not all Thunderbolt enclosures are equal, and almost never take full advantage of the bus. Reviews show the above enclosure will write slower than USB 3, but read faster. The dock is also much larger than a typical USB 3 enclosure and requires a power supply. USB 3 doesn't if kept under 1TB, from what I have read. If these are trade-offs you are will to take, got for it. I haven't found any reason to think I made the wrong decision to boot from USB 3 instead of Thunderbolt. I still think USB 3 is a better choice, all things considered - less expensive, typically faster, and typically a much smaller footprint.
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The T1 is great, but you do need to install and the uninstall their software. Pretty simple to do.
OK very good point. But it brings up a question, If I have a 2015 late iMac with a usb3 external drive for time machine and I add a usb3 SSD to use as a boot drive, will I be sharing bandwidth with the time machine drive, making the SSD slower.
Also where is a good place to see the reviews of the thunderbolt enclosures.
Thanks
matreya wrote:
"You always recommend USB3 over Thunderbolt due to price, but I'm wondering do you use USB3 for a boot drive?"
Yes.
Of course.
I've been booting and running my late-2012 Mini for more than three years this way.
It still runs as fast as the first day I connected the USB3 boot drive.
I boot and run -exclusively- via USB3. Runs great.
The "absence of TRIM" has made NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL in the course of three years. None. Zero. Zilch.
That's been my experience.
Others' experiences may differ.
"You always recommend USB3 over Thunderbolt due to price, but I'm wondering do you use USB3 for a boot drive?"
Yes.
Of course.
I've been booting and running my late-2012 Mini for more than three years this way.
It still runs as fast as the first day I connected the USB3 boot drive.
I boot and run -exclusively- via USB3. Runs great.
The "absence of TRIM" has made NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL in the course of three years. None. Zero. Zilch.
That's been my experience.
Others' experiences may differ.
I don't think USB works that way. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
If you were to somehow daisy-chain devices across the the same USB output, you would be sharing bandwidth. I don't think it works that way using individual output connections. Time Machine shouldn't be running constantly, anyway.
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I have only been booting externally for only about a month and a half, but have had same experience. I have read that leaving a good amount of free space and using an SSD with a quality controller that uses a good write leveling algorithm can negate the need for TRIM. I boot from external SSD and hold most of my data on the internal 1TB Fusion drive. This might be part of it - not much gets written to the boot drive.
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