Congrats from me too!
I'd listen to SDH's suggestions and advice as they are very good.
Another point that I can make is DO KEEP BACKUPS OF WHATEVER YOU PUT ON THE DRIVE. With all the issues during the initializing and formatting the drive you might encounter drive dropouts or even RAW state which is quite tricky to fix in a SSD. Make sure the drive and the controller have all the latest updates (but do read what the updates include first) and you should be safe (with the backups of course). 
Post back if you need more help!
Captain_WD.