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Mac Mini Mac Mini 2018 external SSD storage option

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12-31-2016, 09:47 PM
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I've linked an external enclosure to my 2018 Mac Mini as the main storage. It uses a Mediasonic ProRaid USB-C with two Samsung 860 EVO 1Tb SSDs in RAID 0 configuration. The speed is excellent, but I'm worried since hardware RAID doesn't support TRIM. I want to retain both SSDs, so what are my top choices?
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12-31-2016, 09:47 PM #1

I've linked an external enclosure to my 2018 Mac Mini as the main storage. It uses a Mediasonic ProRaid USB-C with two Samsung 860 EVO 1Tb SSDs in RAID 0 configuration. The speed is excellent, but I'm worried since hardware RAID doesn't support TRIM. I want to retain both SSDs, so what are my top choices?

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12-31-2016, 11:10 PM
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Software RAID on Mac isn't familiar territory for me. My Windows setup has generally worked well. I've faced some problems with my RAID 5 configuration, especially when it's nearly full. This often leads to the drives stopping operation temporarily during data refresh processes to avoid data loss. A restart usually resolves the issue about 90% of the time.
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12-31-2016, 11:10 PM #2

Software RAID on Mac isn't familiar territory for me. My Windows setup has generally worked well. I've faced some problems with my RAID 5 configuration, especially when it's nearly full. This often leads to the drives stopping operation temporarily during data refresh processes to avoid data loss. A restart usually resolves the issue about 90% of the time.

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