RED STATION MINI

[Filip Vandoorne]

with these adapters, you could use usb3 or thunderbolt.
http://addonics.com/products/adu3esa.php - pc only for now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuq0WhA9IBw - @30sec
or adapters from sonnettech
http://www.fxphd.com/blog/bring-on-t...rbolt-devices/

i'm waiting on a good thunderbolt to pcie slot chassis for putting a REDRocket card and a Atto R680 of H680 inside it.

[Erwin van Dijck]

Perhaps a small suggestion: deliver European items with 220v connectors and correct power supply

[jochem bakker]

i second that one :-), not disastrous, but would be nice, especially since everything goes through RED Europe anyway.

[Alexey Datsenko]

Could you tell me please What is this RED STATION MINI for?
Compact form factor makes the RED STATION REDMAG 1.8" (MINI) – ESATA perfect for offloading your REDMAG 1.8" media when workspace is limited and portability makes all the difference. Connects using Firewire 800 or ESATA ports.
What does it mean in simple words?

[Will Keir]

Yes that is an issue that a lot of us here are awaiting a date on. Some are saying "if" but I believe the next gen of Mac Pro towers will come in June.

USB will be a separate mini station... mostly for the PC guys.

Thunderbolt we continue to look into.. but there are a few issues... like no Tower support for Mac's.

[JustinC]

For thunderbolt whiners... (jk) seriously use this.

All a bit too much like a matryoshka doll for me.

[Noah Yuan-Vogel]

For USB3, these seemed to work, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812270301 . Just have to run two cables, one for USB power and one for USB3/esata. USB3 native readers will be useful for bus power though. If I recall I didn't get a lot more than 100MBps though, maybe that device is sata1.

[JanneJansson]

Or don't mess arround. Just do a raw sata dump to another commercial SSD using a sata-cloner/copier. Runs as fast the commercial SSD/sata can handle. For pure fast-download-low-cost setup is far superior.

[Stivan Widick]

USB will be a separate mini station... mostly for the PC guys...

If this unit has both USB3 and eSATA it will be ideal--I'll wait for this model!

[Rocco Schult]

Thunderbolt we continue to look into.. but there are a few issues... like no Tower support for Mac's.

Well, there is no space limitation with towers, no need for this box, one can easily use the normal, bigger one.
The small box is neat, but seems actually pretty useless without new technology.
Add two thunderbolt ports and make it thunderbolt powerable, that would be rocking.
Whats the percentage of MacBooks on set for datawrangling and/or DIT ?
My wild guess, >97%