USB 3.0 Implications?

[Peter Cutler]

Hey everyone. I've been thinking about this a bit recently, and have been going back and forth on it. Once USB 3.0 is widely available, will it make a difference in terms of workflow, specifically in terms of the connections between your NLE system and the external RAID arrays that it references? It seems like most external RAID systems, such as the Caldigit I'm thinking about buying, and pretty much all others, use connections already faster than the new 5.0 gb/s limit of USB 3.0. So I guess what I'm asking is, what are the implications of this updated technology and what will take advantage of it? Thanks for the consideration; this has been bugging me for a while!

 

[Chris Kenny]

Professional RAID gear will likely stick with SAS.

USB 3.0 is substantially faster than any other consumer-friendly external interface on the market right now, though, which will become increasingly important as the consumer market moves to SSDs (which current external consumer interfaces can't keep up with).