I'm back, this time in 4k with another storage related video, this time deep diving on NVMe and all the host cards that work with the Mac Pro.

/edit: Of course only a a week or two after making this video, users confirmed that ASM2812 chipset based cards will work in the Mac Pro. They are much cheaper multi-drive cards but much less desirable as they'll only operate at 4x speeds, meaning 1500 MB/s for both drives combined. See the Definitive Mac Pro Upgrade for details.

0:00 Intro
0:27 Find your Mac Model
0:33 2013 Mac Pros
1:06 Picking an NVMe SSD
1:57 Using MacRumors as a Resource
2:35 M.2 format / NVMe speed / 2019 Mac Pro vs Classic Mac Pros
4:31 2006-2007 Mac Pros (1,1-2,1) and NVMe
5:23 2008 Mac Pros (3,1) and NVMe
5:58 2009 Mac Pros (4,1) Firmware requirements and Mac Pro 5,1 Firmware
6:13 Bifurcation / Multiple NVMe drives on a single card
7:54 SSD cooling?
9:05 The M.2 Host Options for the Mac Pros
12:08 M.2 Buying Advice
13:16 RAID and APFS
14:10 Summary

Looking for info about SATA HDDs/SSDs or AHCI vs NVMe? See the Storage Overview video for the classic Mac Pros.
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Definitive Mac Pro Upgrade Guide for 2006-2012 (1,1-5,1) Mac Pros
http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2018/0...

Definitive Mac Pro Upgrade Guide for 2013 (6,1) Mac Pros
http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2019/0...

Foolproof way to update the 2010 - 2012 Mac Pro 5,1 to the 144.0.0.0.0 firmware
http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2019/1...

Linus Tech Tips - Is COOLING Your SSD A MISTAKE?
   • Is COOLING Your SSD A MISTAKE?  

Probing Paul - Are M.2 SSD Heatsinks Necessary?
   • Are M.2 SSD Heatsinks Necessary? - Pr...  

Gamers Nexus - MSI's M.2 "Heat Shield" Increases SSD Temperature
   • MSI's M.2 "Heat Shield" Increases SSD...  



Recommended communities:
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/m...
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Edited in Final Cut Pro X, Motion, Compressor, Pixelmator Pro on a MacBook Air M1, recorded on iPhone 12 Pro. Voice-over recorded/mixed on a Sennheiser e935, Cubase Studio on Mac Pro. Part way through making this, my FocusRite Clarrett arrived so you may notice some portions may sound different. Background music composed by me.