If the answer is that you just like the idea or it is what you are used to, that actually is not a good reason (from a technical point-of-view), but of course you can do what you like. I guess you need to ask yourself what is so different about your usage that you must have additional containers or volumes, because there are disadvantages in doing so, as I have described. No advantage in having backups in a separate volume or container. The volumes/containers are not on separate physical regions of the SDD, but are interleaved. Should not do backups on the same physical device, other than normal (temporary) TM snapshots. Thus I suggest double the size of the SSD if you really want to have several extra fixed size containers.
Having fixed size containers just means portions of each will be unused and thus wasted huge hassle trying to balance the sizes as your needs vary and size of snapshots and caches vary.
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I used to use separate partitions on Windows machines 20 years ago, but no longer. There are limited good reasons to have a separate volume, such as for another MacOS version or a Windows OS. Why make it more complicated than it needs to be. I suspect that only a few usage scenarios would actual benefit from the extra speed of Apple's internal SSDs on the M1 Max.Ĭlick to expand.Use a single partition (APFS container) and the two standard volumes that MacOS creates, and let MacOS manage it accordingly.
So, do you need the speed or not? Only your usage can answer this question, but I thought I should mention it since your original post asked the question about the speed differential between an internal 1TB and internal 2TB SSDs. It achieves roughly 2.5GB/s R/W speeds, while the MBP M1 Max achieves roughly >6GB/s R/W speeds. I have an external TB3 2TB SSD that today costs $870 on Amazon. I just wanted to dispel the idea that $400 is actually overly expensive for what you are purchasing - becasue you are purchasing an extremely fast internal SSD for that $400 that is not really equivalent to a slow external SSD. I suspect that only a few usage scenarios would actual benefit from the extra speed of Apple's internal SSDs on the M1 Max. I just wanted to dispel the idea that $400 is actually overly expensive for what you are purchasing - because you are purchasing an extremely fast internal SSD for that $400 that is not really equivalent to a slow external SSD. Do you need a fast internal 2TB SSD or can you get by with a fast internal 1TB and a slow external 2TB SSD? So the question again returns to your usage. Maybe I'm wrong on this, as I haven't done any research recently on this issue, so please correct me if I'm wrong. That is certainly true, but I would like to point out that for your $400 you can purchase a slow external 2TB SSD (roughly 1GB/s), but you'd be hard pressed I believe to find a fast (roughly 7GB/s) external 2TB SSD for $400. You also mention that $400 charge for going from internal 1TB to internal 2TB seems a bit large and that you can just purchase an external 2TB USB3 drive for the extra $400. These speed differences are minimal and for most usages will not make any difference in actual practice.
Of course, the size required for the internal SSD totally depends upon the individual's usage scenario, as many have already pointed out.Īnd since you ask in your post #1 about the speed differences between 1TB and 2TB internal SSDs. " Are there any spec / speed differences between the 1TB vs 2TB SSD storage options?"