External M.2 SSD

[Jonas]

From what I've gathered, there are enclosures available that can help us use an M.2 SSD as an external drive.

I am aware that using an external SSD might be a far simple option such as a Samsung T5 USB C SSD

But I am seriously exploring the options of create an external M.2 drive considering the pros which are many.

1. Crucial P2 1TB - Rs. 7.8k Link

2. Orico Enclosure - Rs. 2.8k Link

Do you guys think this is a practical solution? What are the possible issues you can foresee?

 

[ishanjain28]

P2 is a QLC drive with no dram cache. Not ideal for that price.
If possible, Consider A2000 or SN550. I got my Sn550 1tb for 8.3k. https://www.amazon.in/Western-Digital-SN550-Internal-WDS100T2B0C/dp/B07YFFX5MD

With that said, The enclosure is only 10gbit and a bottleneck when used with sn550, a2000.

 

[Jonas]

What I'm more worried about is this:

USB on M1 Macs isn't actually 10Gb/s? (Also definitely not USB4)

After quite a bit of testing, I have concluded that the USB bus on at least my Mac mini M1 does not actually support "USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)" as listed on the Tech Specs page. I have a Samsung T5 USB-C SSD. It supports "USB 3.1 Gen 2 10Gb/s" (Gawd, I hate USB 3.1+ naming conventions...†)...

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