Great video, usual professionalism in subject and delivery. Thank you , keep up the great work.

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Wm Greenleaf - wow, again another amazing warm hearted comment 💜 Thank you. Please share my videos, that would help the most

I just purchased the Sonnet card last night but acquired different NVMe SSDs - I have a 2019 Mac Pro as well. Your video explained everything I need to do to set it all up properly. I don't even know how I came upon your channel right now. Great work! Looking forward to going through all you videos. Thanks!

@morgonaut

11 ай бұрын

@benshirleymusic - yes, all my videos contains everything people need, so it's great you are one of million who realized I didn't produce only single video they watch now but I made tons of them on both my youtube channels. Thanks for your comment

Thanks Theresa, we always receive amazing solutions and ideas from you. You are essential 😊

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Marco Castellani - Hi Marco, as always thanks for your kind comment! 💜

I love your tutorial, I eagerly await for the next tech video...thank you 🙏🏽

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Positive Roots Productions - Another "positive" comment from Positive Roots Productions 😇 Please share my videos, that would help me to produce more videos like this

Damn I love this channel so much. I'm considering this upgrade for my 2019 Mac Pro too

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Justin Nam Media - thanks for your nice comment Justin. You can help my channel by sharing my videos

I've been watching some of your videos and I have to say- YOU'RE CONTENT IS AWESOME!!!! Incredible stuff and presented in such a beautifully clear and concise way! I'm learning so much from you! Love it! Keep up the great work! 🙏

@morgonaut

6 ай бұрын

@Kartiksekhar - Wow, what a beautiful comment, thank you for that! I'm glad my videos helped you. Best thanks would be if you share my videos on forums/socials so it can help to more people and that will in return help to me to produce for you more quality content and still for free.

@Kartiksekhar

6 ай бұрын

@@morgonaut absolutely! I will be happy to share with anyone who’s also having issues with their computer. Thank you so much!

@morgonaut

6 ай бұрын

@Kartiksekhar - I'm happy to help to kind and grateful people

I use 2 of these cards together and it is awesome. Thank you.

@morgonaut

9 ай бұрын

@StrongFrontTV - I'm glad you like my tips 😇

That's awesome!!!! Great video as always!!

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Shin-ei Effects Pedals - thanks Bob "as always" 😇💜

Always excellent and informative

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@NIkCan - thanks for your kind comment NIkCan 💜

Amazing video thank you so much, so informative

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Kendall - thank you Kendall for your nice comment, I'm glad you liked it. Share my videos 😇

Thank you!!!!Teresa***You make beautiful video!!!

@morgonaut

8 ай бұрын

@lavinchi6709 - thank you, but I made tons of great videos already = watch also the other ones :)

Morgonaut always great videos, and straight to the point. What expandability options would you expect to see on a new Mac Pro?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Karel Guzman - thank you Karel, I'm glad you value my work and style. I'm really scared to predict what will the Apple silicon Mac pro be like, because as I said in this video Apple can negatively surprise us as did already in the past. I'd like to see lot of PCIe slots and lot of memory. Also would be great if Apple would release some M2/M3 accelerator cards for Mac Pro 2019

2:42 I loved it you didn't edit it, that's being professional to place what goes well and what goes wrong is great

@morgonaut

10 ай бұрын

@Cinefilo_Celuloide - hihi :) yeah in many of my videos I left some bloopers

Thanks for the excellent video! Sorry if missed if you already explained or sorry if this is a stupid question. Can I use the Sonnet or any generic ASM2824-chiped device with PCIe 4.0 m2 SSD?? or I must plug only PCIe 3.0 m2 memory cards?

Thanks for the in-depth review! With the new M2 Ultra Mac Pro having PCIe gen. 4, I assume we would see the full speed?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

yes because instead of running that card on PCIe Gen. 3 it would run at PCIe Gen. 4 😇

Just found this video. Very informative. What enclosure could I put the Sonnet m.2 4x4 PCI Express card into? I have a MacStudio and would like to build an external raid. Thanks

@morgonaut

10 ай бұрын

@dodfaefife - for external RAID there are better solutions than the one you think of. But if you need "adapter" then I use the Sonnet Echo II and IIIe = geni.us/62yWsTc and geni.us/dzruJPo

Great content as always!.How does the Sonnet compares with the OWC Nvme Card?, thanks!

@morgonaut

5 ай бұрын

@cinematicamusic2578 - PCIe x16 on Sonnet vs only x8 on IWC

cant find your video on this card in an expansion chassis working with mac studio.

Is it possible to boot from the SSD-Raid) with an Mac Pro 7.1 (2019)?

Do you convert C-LOG 4:2:2 h.265 footage to ProRes first? When I had a 2019 Mac Pro, it could not edit that footage at all since it did not have the encoders, while my M2 and M3-based systems can endcode/decode like it's nothing. Anyway, would love to understand your workflow!

@morgonaut

4 ай бұрын

@JohnnyMcPro - I shoot 8K CRAW so no 4:2:2 HEVC. If you want to know secrets of my workflow then you can book a Zoom video meeting with me on my website

Noble Morgonaut, I'm about to build my own computer, one thing I need to complete the project, a reliable flawless external BD/DVD drive, through your profession and experience, I would appreciate and value your recommendation, thank you Mam.

So if i understand correctly this setup also work on a Mac Pro 2023 m2?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

you understand it wrong, such setup you mentioned was not yet tested, not many people on this planet has it. In my videos I always provide exact clear informations based on my personal testing and verification

@Gabby16bit

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut I see, thanks! Do you think you will buy one in the future?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

I bought the Mac Studio M2 Ultra which I use as main and still have my 2019 Mac Pro. I can't afford to waste money on 2023 Mac Pro - I'm not a millionaire like you 😇

@Gabby16bit

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut still not a millionaire :( But saving money for very good PC's (i like macs for editing). And i think i will go with this for capture cards and SSD expansion all in one, still not sure tho if is the best idea, i'm sure i can go cheaper, but i like this solution since is more compact and have a Pc that can work well for years!

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you expect from it but look - already now I have great setup for multicam 8K/60/HDR production, I use lot of PCIe cards connected to Apple silicon... If you want my deeper help/expertise you can book a video meeting with me on link in video description

iMac 27 2020 (with 5700 XT) and this Mac Pro 2019 (24 core) are the best Intel Macs ever made since 2006 (after transition from PowerPC Architecture). Also they are able to run Windows natively.

Hi, how did you run Mac Pro 7.1 without the case cover? Thank you.

@morgonaut

8 ай бұрын

@jirikominek7893 - I planned a video to explain how to achieve that but didn't have time to produce it :(

Hello, may I ask how you managed to turn on the computer without installing the casing? I tried using a screwdriver, but there was no response

@morgonaut

3 ай бұрын

@user-rk4gu9og7x - I planned to produce video about it but didn't find time and money to waste to do that. When people don't support me then I can't shoot such videos - easy like that. You need magnet

Now that we have 24 core M processor, when do we put 1.5 gbs ram? Did I miss it?

@morgonaut

8 ай бұрын

@moetarded7757 - your "1.5 gbs ram" is little bit off :) Hard to guess what you mean by that

Beautiful idea! Will this work on a designare x299 i9 hackintosh?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

It should, you can put this card into any computer with PCIe slot

@mustaphaishola8581

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut have you tried it on your ProxMox build?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

yes sure it works

@morgonaut Well, I just installed the Silent card with 8TB of storage for use a sample drive. Your test specs were spot on. I followed the speed tests jut like you did in the video and installed watching this video. Amorphous final test reads: 14039.86 READ and 12451.27 WRITE Picking up another card and 4 more drives for another installation on my 2019 Mc Pro. Thank you for this great video. Just awesome all the way around. Oh - the APFS worked well for me.

@morgonaut

11 ай бұрын

@benshirleymusic - I'm glad following my advices made you happier 😇

@morgonaut

11 ай бұрын

@benshirleymusic - Best thanks would be if you share my videos on forums/socials so it can help to more people and that will in return help to me to produce for you more quality content and still for free. And/or if you are really grateful for my help you can click under my video on the THANKS button, that will again help me keep producing for you useful content for free

I still use a Mac mini 2015 (given to me) as a media pc to stream all tv services. The latest Apple products are expensive. My wife purchased iPhone 14 for me, cost more then my 1st car. I enjoy your videos.

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

I don't think your statement "latest Apple products are expensive". Look for example at the value of M2 Mac Mini, $699 for this performance?? It's cheap!

@Made0nEarth

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut yes it is cheat that's why i stop Hackintosh , i was making Hackintosh since 2008! i quit Hackintosh since the M1 processors they are many times cheaper and faster than to build one Hackintosh myself.

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@MadeOnEarth - you didn't get the point. There are still use cases where hackintosh is good idea. But this is not hackintosh YT channel

@EnergeticWaves

Жыл бұрын

everybody's first car is a piece of junk, you're just gonna wreck it anyway.

good video can i used 1 8tb s95 M.2 nvme that show in this video externally through thunderbolt for m1 max 16'' ??

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

sure you can :) no problem with that

@cizcutproduction

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut are you going to be doing a video on portable external nvme housing that you recommend thank you for your response your definitely doing the best videos on the subject 💯

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

yes I prepare several videos about such topic so stay tuned, subscribe and enable notifications so you won't miss it

Could you please explain or point me to the right place to learn about chunk size versus performance? I understand the largest chunk size is to effectively move large files, but I noticed during my recent network transfer of thousands of tiny files that it took hours! Is there a 'rule of thumb' for chunk size to the size of files to be moved? I'm planning on using a m2 mac mini as a RAID/NAS together with an OWC nvme 4 slot enclosure.

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@bonaventura_AKA_ben - for NAS the configuration would be different to even more optimize it for your use case but that's out of scope of a single YT comment - you can book video meeting with me on link in video description and I can help you with that personally

@Fyr042

Жыл бұрын

Without parity like in RAID0 if your data/file to write is smaller than the chuck size only a part of the chunk is used. The rest is left unallocated and usable for other files. If data is bigger it's will be split in chunk sized parts and use as many as needed. The last partial chuck is not usable for other files. In raid0 the first chunk is on disk1, the second on disk2... this why chunks not filled are not usable for other files. On array with parity (= security, you all know that raid0 is unsecure ...) like in raid5 , if file is smaller than a chuck this data is written on one disk, and parity takes a partial chuck on an other disk. For data bigger than a chuck it's the same as raid0, with your file on multiple disks, except that for all chuck you have a parity block on an other disk. In raid0 you don't loose space (only your data in case of catastrophic events) in raid5 with 4 disks like in the video you loose 20% of space with 256K and up to 33% with 128K chunk (twice the number of chunk versus 256K so twice more parity block) In raid0 you dont care about the chuck ONLY to match "electronic and buffer" capacity transfer.

You have done again, Theresa!

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

I hope you liked my video because what you typed makes no sense 😇

@aldomontalvo3204

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut the autocorrector...

Why the 256 chunk size, I have the same card and I set it up with 64 chunk size. I thought 256 is only if you use very large files (size per file). Thanks!

@morgonaut

7 ай бұрын

@jip2877 - I explained that several times in my videos :(

This is a very informative video. I'm curious if you've had a chance, yet, to try out the new Sonnet 8x4 NVMe card. I recently got one, along with a new 2023 Mac Pro, and tried to get it working with 8 Crucial P3+ 4Tb NVMe cards (which are on the approved list). No dice. The computer doesn't indicate that the card is there. So far, Sonnet tech support has not come up with an answer for me, so I'm afraid I'll just be sending it back for a refund. My question, though, is what to replace it with. The MP 2023 has Gen 4 PCIe slots. I'd like to get a Gen 4 NVMe card, to take full advantage of my Gen 4 NVMe cards, and Gen 4 PCIe computer. The only other option I can see is the OWC 8M2 (which unfortunately has a fan, and I don't need the extra noise in my recording studio). If the Sonnet 8x4 card I have is just defective, I'm still a little worried about getting a replacement, because Sonnet says the card is not compatible with the initial release of Sonoma. I need this computer to just work and not have problems with operating systems. So, what would you do? Get two Sonnet 4x4 cards, or maybe two OWC 4M2 cards and take the performance hit of the Gen 3 limit, or go with the OWC 8M2, and hope the fan isn't too noisy? I'd love to see you do a review of the new Sonnet 8x4 card. Maybe you could get it working.

@morgonaut

7 ай бұрын

@LeeBlaske - Lee I didn't test that card, but I could get in contact with Sonnet again and test it. You can book a Zoom video call with me and I can have a look at your problem personally and hopefully/probably solve your issue

@LeeBlaske

7 ай бұрын

@@morgonaut Thanks. I decided not to risk it, and I'm sending the card back/ If I can't get the next card operating, I may book a session.

@morgonaut

7 ай бұрын

@LeeBlaske - OK, as you wish :)

love your videos very much!! But giving you a challenge, Mac Pro 2019 is upgraded to Apple Silicon 😜😜😜

@morgonaut

8 ай бұрын

@shaisaadia - Intel Mac Pro is much better option for me at this moment

@shaisaadia

8 ай бұрын

For me to!! And thanks to you, I upgraded the RAM of the computer's and the hard disk! And it's still a challenge whether it can even happen... @@morgonaut

@morgonaut

8 ай бұрын

@shaisaadia - I'm glad my videos helped you.

Once you configure the PCIe card as you did, can you hot swap the card into another computer equipped with compatible PCIe slot, and the raid will automatically show up as configured on the original computer?

@morgonaut

6 ай бұрын

@AlexTyson_ - sure you can if in the 2nd computer there id also recent macOS

@morgonaut

6 ай бұрын

@AlexTyson_ - it doesn't have to be equipped with PCIe slot, it can be connected via Thunderbolt

@AlexTyson_

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍 looks like those Addlink SSDs are getting pricier. Hopefully they come down soon. I’m going to try to max out the sonnet silent PCIe as you configured it.

@morgonaut

6 ай бұрын

@AlexTyson_ - you can obviously use any disks you want

I did the super cheap version of this with a €50 ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 Card V2 and 4x Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB. At the time, was waaay cheaper and faster than a single 4TB NVMe. Nice to see the no-holds-barred version!

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

In this video I explained why it's not possible to use cheap cards like you mentioned in Mac Pro 2019

@TomRathborne

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut it works fine in my refurbished Thinkstation P500 ☺

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

OMG! 😡 BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL IN MAC PRO 2019!!! Do you get the point finally? This video title and whole video is about MAC PRO 2019

@TomRathborne

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut Hopefully folks with that computer will actually watch the video. Or at least read your comment.

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

YOU are the exception, not the others. This video is about Mac Pro 2019 and you comment about Thinkstation P500!

just got mine from your amazon links and this new drive has read of 13965 and write of 13175! Fun little process. I noticed the ssds didn't lie flat and curved a bit. did I do something wrong?

@EnergeticWaves

Жыл бұрын

and amorphousdiskmark has 3488/3405 for my system disk. what a difference!

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

you need to read manual :) you need correct thickness of the thermal pads for your specific disks

@EnergeticWaves

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut are these double sided? they seem to be to me, but I don' know about them much.

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

watch my previous video kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHabxcepoqanmbw.html where I showed detailed shots of it

@EnergeticWaves

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut that was a different board. but I do have a layer of pad on each side but in the middle not fully touching.

And what happens if I install 2 SSD with an PCIe Adapter each SSD to a PCIe socket chaco SSD? and then I mount the 2 SSD in Raid 0 ? Can be work at double Speed? I mean, if I have 1 SSD Gen4 it will give me a maximum speed of 3.150 Mgb/s each. so if O mount 2 SSD gen 4 in Raid 0, it will give me the double speed?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

you will not get exact double because there is more things involved, but you will see significant boost in sequential reads etc.

@carlosangella5756

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut Good to know that!! thanks for your answer.

Hello Teresa, I first plugged the PCI card into exactly the same place as you did. The Macpro 2019 did not recognize the card. Then I moved it up one place and that worked. My Mac reported that this slot was not optimal. I simply ignored that. My question: Can I try another slot without losing the data? Info: 4x 1 TB Samsung 990 Pro with Raid 0 + Sonnet M2. 4x4 Thanks .

@morgonaut

6 ай бұрын

@fuattuncer5196 - moving 4x4 to different sot will not touch any of your data so you can do it. Slot placement have impact on performance

@duruprintdruckerei2239

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. The PCI card is currently in a x8 slot. Previously I had plugged it into an x16 slot, but it was not recognized. Write and read speed is currently around 5,000. Will it be a bit faster if I change the slot?

@morgonaut

6 ай бұрын

@duruprintdruckerei2239 - of course if you connect four NVMes only by 8 lanes it will be slower than if you connect it via 16 lanes 😇

what caused it to go from 5.9 to 11? what did your last speed checker do?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

each workflow/load/dataset is different

@EnergeticWaves

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut well I ordered a 2tb version from amazon on your links so I hope you get a tip! will be here Wednesday, I hope it works! Are these speeds actually faster then the MAC's own internal drive?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

thumb up for using my link 🤙 And right in this video I say how may times this array is faster than any Apple disk(s)

@EnergeticWaves

Жыл бұрын

I know you did, but all my life the fastest drive is the one inside. of course all my others were usb and this is PCI so we shall see. can you put a link in the description about where the drive speed programs are?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

just google the names of the apps I used

I have the same Mac and my mouse quit as soon as I installed Ventura. I notice you are also using a wired mouse. LOL.

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

sure, because the Apple Magic Mouse is piece of crap 😇

@EnergeticWaves

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut Why didn't you like it?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

because as I said it's piece of crap. What you expect from mouse? Precise and easy movements! And Magic Mouse is all but that 😂

are the addlink s95 dramless cache?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

it's written on their website which I linked in video description

@kevinchou298

Жыл бұрын

Yes it has Dram cache - DDR4 @2666 Cache

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Kevin Chou - Hi Kevin, good to see you finally on youtube so you can interact 😇

I’ve bought same exact card on MP 7,1 with 4 Samsung 980. But results are so different than yours… I’ve tried to change Sonnet card and upgrade Disk firmware but always same result into black magic test …

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Max Carella - I own several of these Sonnet card and I tested in it many different SSD models and results were on par with my measurements in this video. What's the difference on your side? I would never buy Samsung 980 for it. If you want good or ultimate performance then you should buy good/ultimate disks 😇

@maxcarella

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut with black magic test, 5272 on write and 1069 on read, with ATTO results seems to be near to yours. I’ve tried also to test single disk and numbers are all the same on every disk. If I make a raid with 2 disk at a time, black magic give me about 5k in read and write. I’ve tried to contact sonnet support without any helpful response. They told me to look at the best benchmark. 😮

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

I can't judge what you do wrong when I was not there when you configured it, but for sure something is wrong on your side and I don't think it would be a problem of the Sonnet card. In 99.99% of cases it's user error 😇 You can book a video/remote meeting with me and I can have a look at it

@maxcarella

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut ok, Can I book video/remote on your site?

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

@Max Carella - that's what's written in all my video descriptions and what I say in almost each video

Can I install macOS on this array?

@morgonaut

7 ай бұрын

@faisal_al_agha - I recommend you to better listen what I say in this video and read video description where I gave you all you need 👿

The 2023 Mac Pro is pathetic, doesn't come anywhere close to the greatness of the Intel Mac Pro.

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

can't agree with you, it's the same principle as the 2019 one just with better guts 😇 And for the performance it offers is many times cheaper than the 2019 one!

@sriramsundar8388

Жыл бұрын

@@morgonaut it's not about the performance, it's about the upgradability and expansion(which is there in the new Mac Pro, but *apparently* no support for GPUs), anyways good for you if you like it.

@morgonaut

Жыл бұрын

can't imagine why you would need additional GPUs alongside with M2 Ultra ones which can address almost 200GB of video memory 😇 There is not a single consumer GPU which would be able to do that!

I have the same config with the same PCIe card with Samsung NVME drives. Sometimes the drives are not mounted after exiting from deep sleep

@morgonaut

14 күн бұрын

sleep never work even on real non modified Macs, so I never sleep any of my Macs for decades

@bonafontciel

12 күн бұрын

⁠@@morgonautthere is a thread related to Samsung NVMEs on macrumors. I though it was the Sonnet card, but it seems related to Samsung drives