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| 1GE. It would be nice if someone made a Thunderbolt eSATA/USB3/10GE dongle, and you could uplink into 10GE into an otherwise 24 x 1GE switch. I could use that. Sonnet makes a Thunderbolt ExpressCard34 adapter, and Magma makes an outrageously-priced PCIe chassis. We've been waiting a looong time for the promised profusion of Thunderbolt peripherals. I've bought, used, and got rid of two Thunderbolt-equipped machines without ever really using the port. Lots more potential than actual, unfortunately.
Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA
On Mar 7, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Alex Czetwertynski wrote: Good call Tim So how do you connect your mini to your other systems? Via Gigabit Ethernet? Can you networks machines using Thunderbolt?
On Mar 7, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Tim Sassoon wrote: I'd recommend an Apple Mini, with a Promise Thunderbolt RAID, buying Lion Server separately for $49. I've found the Minis to be quite awesome little machines, lots of giddy up and go for something so small and cheap. There's not much reason to buy the Mini Server version if you need more than 1TB of space, and everyone does nowadays, so you might as well have an optical drive. I've bought a bunch of Mini Servers for $999 (with Snow Leopard Unlimited), and sold them two years later for about $600 each, easily. Hard to beat that deal with a "white box" PC.
Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA
On Mar 7, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Alex Czetwertynski wrote: Hello list Wondering what people are using these days to manage media on small productions (3-4 people). In the past I always just dedicated a single computer to serve assets to various users, but everything goes through Gigabit Ethernet and it isn't always fast enough. Are there any good thunderbolt or other options out there that don't require super expensive cards and that can work across both Mac and PC? Linux? Thanks! Alex +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to < ae-list-off@media-motion.tv>
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