Installing an SSD drive in a MacPro

Hello,
I just got me a 256Gig SSD drive to add to my Mid 2010 MacPro. The manufacturer (Samsung) gives no info whatsoever on how to go about installing the MacPro, what the needed tools/items would be or any other easy to find info on using/maintaining such a drive in a Mac. I know the 2 companies are not best buddies but as a consumer I feel kind of thwarted…
So any hints are warmly appreciated here!

In more than a "few" cases, lack of enabling TRIM resulted in the device performing ever slower and sluggish. I guess in such cases some type of restore would be called for, or a weekly run under Mavericks system - though I never like to run DU from prior OS especially on new OS with as many changes as Yosemite has. CCC had to be updated to be compatible.
Using TRIM on non-Apple SSDs
http://www.softraid.com/pages/support/compatibility_notes.html
When running Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, the SoftRAID application no longer modifies the Apple driver to enable TRIM on non-Apple SSDs.
Modifying a driver in Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite can make your Mac no longer startup.
If you are willing to take the risk of having your Mac no longer startup, you can download and install TRIM Enabler and your SoftRAID volumes will use TRIM on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
Make sure you read the warnings about using TRIM on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite before installing and running TRIM Enabler.
http://www.softraid.com

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Clone the system to the SSD you plan to use for system.
How much disk space is your system using now? w/o incl. anything in /Users, so just system.
If your system uses 60GB you want to use the 240GB SSD.
I think 120GB is on small side for scratch alone.
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I would try the 2 x 120 SSDs on PCIe 6G as scratch and see how it feels and works.Try and test. No harm. I think that is what most people do, they experiement and try out different setups to find the one that works best for them.
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Their Windows utility, shame there isn't a Mac version.
#2: Try system on 120GB in drive bay with an adapter
With that then use the other two on the Tempo.
Those could be one large 360GB volume JBOD.
You will have to see how much your scratch space gets used.
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#3 get 2 x 240GB for scratch and projects and 1 x 120GB for system (if your system is less than 50GB)
I doubt you will find the difference of the system on the Sonnet Tempo a deciding factor.
The Sonnet Tempo Pro is for higher I/O RAID, both Tempo cards support 2 x SSDs (I have the cheaper one)
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