Recommendations on NVMe M.2 Drive

[Rizzo]

I ordered a Mac Studio & plan to move my Lightroom photos to an external drive. My plan is to purchase an OWC Express 1M2 enclosure & install a 4Tb NVMe M.2 drive. Since the OWC enclosure has a rated speed of 3,151 Mb/s, I need an external drive with a comparable speed (without a faster speed that cannot be utilized). Brands like OWC, Samsung & Crucial come to mind. I would appreciate your recommendations on a high-quality drive that meets the above criteria. Thank you so much for any help.

 

[Stevedevil01]

I settled for a NAS drive as this backs up twice, its wired into my network but still fast enough on file transfer, a single back up is risky as if the drive fails you lose everything

 

[Rizzo]

I settled for a NAS drive as this backs up twice, its wired into my network but still fast enough on file transfer, a single back up is risky as if the drive fails you lose everything

I definitely will plan for a 2nd backup.

 

[snowbear106]

It's a good idea to have one at another location, like an office file cabinet or bank security deposit box.

 

[Rizzo]

It's a good idea to have one at another location, like an office file cabinet or bank security deposit box.

I agree. I keep one in my safe.