Please advise for New Mac Mini Rig and Pro Tools HDX (coming from a Mac Pro User)

[Zak7]

Hello,

Soon I am going to change my system and it will be all around a Mac Studio.

I have always used a Mac Pro and this way:

MacOS SSD
SSD sampler
Pro Tools Session SSD
and my HDX card

Now that I'm moving to a Mac Studio, how do I set up my Rig?

Do you keep your current professional tools sessions on your Mac Studio MacOS hard drive?
Is an external SSD still recommended for your samples?

Is it still better or highly recommended to have 2 external SDDs for samples and a current Pro Tools session? or a single external SSD is enough (for Samples and current Pro Tools Sessions?

Any recommended Thunderbolt 3/PCIe Chassis for my HDX card?
I heard that the Avid ones are noisy...any other solid alternatives that are as good or better?
Any chassis that can put my HDX card and also NVMe Drives (which ones are the best NVme Drives?

Any other tips or recommendations? anything else to consider?

Thank you