owc just released a thunderbolt pci slot

[Brian Merlen]

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/HELIOSTB1/


If I remember correctly the Red Rocket is a full length card and will not fit in it, correct? I am just looking around for portable rocket options to accompany my new laptop. I want to be a bit more mobile than using a xeon cart...

 

[Kwan Khan]

Red Rocket is a full length card and won't fit in OWC Mercury Helios

Sonnet pro is available
https://secure1.sonnettech.com/prod...d=403&osCsid=075774ce2762b67e5906c8945e568237

Magama 3T will be release soon
http://www.magma.com/thunderbolt/

 

[Brian Merlen]

yea i was fairly sure it wouldn't fit, just needed to hear it from someone else! thanks!

 

[Paul Provost]

and still no GPU support even with mountain lion?

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

PCI-SIG spec for PCIe cards states the maximum length of the card from the rear bracket to the front edge of the card is 312mm (12.283"). "Half-length" is defined as any card which fits within 167.65mm (6.6") or less. The Rocket is about 8" long... Won't fit in this OWC enclosure. It is about 3/8" too long to fit in the smaller Sonnet Echo Express. OTOH, that Sonnet enclosure is designed for "half-length" cards and actually gives nearly an entire inch of additional clearance over the official half-length measurement.

 

[Timur Civan]

The sonnet is excellent.

I haave the two slot echo.

Rocket in one slot and a sas card in the other with up to 8 esata connections.

Makes offloads and transcoding on set a breeeeeze.

 

[Tehben Dean]

Just ordered this for my ATTO R680.

 

[Tehben Dean]

Just got my Helios, put it my Atto R680 and hooked it into my rMBP after installing the card driver. Showed up like a charm and interestingly enough it reads and writes at 725Mb/s to my MaxxDigital Evo 6G 8bay raid vs the 650Mb/s it achieved in the MacPro... I did have it installed in an x4 slot in the tower but this is a pleasant surprise I will say!

 

[Tehben Dean]

What is the recommended procedure for powering a raid on and off when using a raid card in a thunderbolt chassis? Should I still power off the computer before hand or would ejecting the raid then pulling the thunderbolt cable work....?