I'm looking to replace a 6TB G-Drive for my Mac. I'm considering the OWC Express 1M2 NVMe enclosure along with a WD Black 4TB SN850X.
The drive is mostly used as my photography drive. I work off of it with Capture One. About 20% of it is archive data.
I'd like to upgrade to SSD for the sake of longevity and speed. And because I find the ticking and knocking my existing drive makes to be annoying. And because MacOS does this weird thing where opening random apps causes the external HDD to spin up and stalls operation. I fear everyday that this seven year old drive is suddenly going to die on me.
Just looking for some suggestions if anyone's familiar with these OWC + WD products or if you'd recommend something else.
Have you considered a NAS device instead of a USB attached device? Synology has some really nice bulletproof devices you can put next to your network switch and forget about. It makes it easier to upgrade over time, and incorporate things like tail scale and automatic backups to off-site locations
Storage devices, both spinning disks, and SSDs, are consumables. Ideally you have a solution that allows you to swap out the devices as you consume them.
I already have a NAS. I want an SSD plugged into my computer for speed and longevity.