Except Apple wanted $3,000 for 7TB of SSD (considering the base price already included 1TB).
Instead, I bought a 4xM.2 PCI card, and 4 2TB Samsung Pro SSDs.
I paid $1,300 for it, got to keep the 1TB "system" SSD.
And I get faster speeds from it, 6.8GBps versus 5.5GBps off the system drive.
For $2,000 I could have got the PCI 4.0 version and SSDs, and get 26GBps.
... for an eye watering $3,000 over the exact same spec Mac Studio.
I liked my cheesegrater, though I didn't like the heat output.
And I cannot justify that. I sacrificed half the throughput (2800MBps) for $379 and got an external 4 x M.2 TB3 enclosure.
Oh, and a USB 3 hub to replace one I had installed in the cheesegrater to augment the built in ports. $400 give or take.
Except Apple wanted $3,000 for 7TB of SSD (considering the base price already included 1TB).
Instead, I bought a 4xM.2 PCI card, and 4 2TB Samsung Pro SSDs.
I paid $1,300 for it, got to keep the 1TB "system" SSD.
And I get faster speeds from it, 6.8GBps versus 5.5GBps off the system drive.
For $2,000 I could have got the PCI 4.0 version and SSDs, and get 26GBps.