RED Station with Thunderbolt Technology

[Kevin Gansemans]

Hi,

I was wondering if RED is already making a Red Station with Thunderbolt technology.
It would be faster to transfer the SSD files to the mac.

Does anyone know something more?

Greetings,

Kevin

 

[stu aull]

Jarred said "no" for the time being... this was asked when the recent newest station was announced...

Stu Aull
SX 199
Alaska

 

[Steve Johnson]

Yeah, Jarred has said not to expect anything anytime soon.

It will only increase offload speed depending on how fast your SSD/HDD your using to write too.

)

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

The eSATA and USB3.0 readers can already read the SSDs at their maximum speed, so we won't gain any speed with Thunderbolt. It would still be nice to have a Thunderbolt version of the reader... Seeing how Macs are all currently devoid of USB3 and eSATA requires an add-on...

 

[Eric Santiago]

Revisiting this topic again, now I def need a Thunderbolt option (even USB3).
Just got my Echo Express for a Retina and need something to get it in there.
I found this new option http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10574
Has anyone tried this product or something similar?

 

[Jason Comparetto]

Jeff, my Macbook Pro has USB 3.0 and its really fast. Although, i agree, keeping all my pro tools going through Thunderbolt port would be nice!

 

[Eric Santiago]

had to order this since I couldnt justify LaCie's eSATA TB Hub for $200.

 

[Jason Comparetto]

had to order this since I couldnt justify LaCie's eSATA TB Hub for $200.

I didn't even know something like that existed... and in such a small package? How has it been working? Anything quirky about it or flawlesss performance?

 

[Eric Santiago]

I didn't even know something like that existed... and in such a small package? How has it been working? Anything quirky about it or flawlesss performance?

Just ordered it 10 minutes ago.
I just put together a Retina DIT system and forgot all about the REDMAG reader
The good thing is that the Retina hasnt been delivered yet.

 

[Bob Gundu]

I have the lacie HUB and it works well. But as far as a reader, the USB3 is the way to go in the new MBPr. It's just as fast as the esata and doesn't require power.

 

[Eric Santiago]

I have the lacie HUB and it works well. But as far as a reader, the USB3 is the way to go in the new MBPr. It's just as fast as the esata and doesn't require power.

Thanks Bob, I will forward this message to my boss so I dont get killed for missing that one importan part
I too went with USB 3 since there are ports on each side of the MBP.
I didnt want the TB to be used yet just in case we get another Sonnet Echo Express Pro for other reasons.
Again thanks!

 

[Eric Santiago]

Just about to purchase the MINI REDMAG 1.8 USB 3 reader.
Any thoughts on this against the MINI eSATA version?
We have two of the eSATA but they are the older/larger ones.

 

[Peter Majtan]

Bump for the Thunderbolt version update...

 

[Eric Santiago]

Bump for an internal MacPro REDMAG reader at PCI speed.

 

[Peter Majtan]

Bump for an internal MacPro REDMAG reader at PCI speed.

All the internal optical drives, HDD's, or other replacement readers are connected via SATA. Thunderbolt on the other hand is a direct PCIe extension. I am almost certain it would be an easy DIY project to make a bracket to mount the eSATA RED STATION MINI inside the Mac Pro tower...

Peter

 

[Eric Santiago]

All the internal optical drives, HDD's, or other replacement readers are connected via SATA. Thunderbolt on the other hand is a direct PCIe extension. I am almost certain it would be an easy DIY project to make a bracket to mount the eSATA RED STATION MINI inside the Mac Pro tower...

Peter

have a spare reader I can hack