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Long Thunderbolt cables?

Matt Doane

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Been using a Thunderbolt RAID for a while now and I'd like to get it further away from my workstation. Looks like there's only a few options out there. OWC and Corning make 33' options that are both sold at B&H. I've heard a few bad things about the Corning model and nothing about the OWC. Seems some folks have had the Corning go out on them quickly.

Anybody use one? Opinions?
 
Matt Doane said:
Been using a Thunderbolt RAID for a while now and I'd like to get it further away from my workstation. Looks like there's only a few options out there. OWC and Corning make 33' options that are both sold at B&H. I've heard a few bad things about the Corning model and nothing about the OWC. Seems some folks have had the Corning go out on them quickly.

Anybody use one? Opinions?
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I haven't used one but I have somewhat of the same question. We are wanting to move our Max Digital RAIDS to the server room but am not sure how far you can run Thunderbolt. Does anyone know what the maximum length of Thunderbolt you can use without losing quality?
 
The optical encoders/decoders for the fiber cables are all made by and Intel. A few OEMs supply optical cables, Corning, Tsumitomo, now OWC... They are all hit or miss in terms of reliability, some die prematurely, often within weeks or even days. Some last for much longer, years... I would actually steer you toward the OWC cables as their customer service is really good and they will warranty the cable. Corning cables also have a warranty, but getting one replaced through their large corporate machine has proven difficult on the two failures I've had. Of the two failed Corning optical TB cables I originally bought, one died within 2 weeks, the other within 3 months. Currently using one of the replacements and its going on about 18 months with no issues. And another I bought from B&H is still going strong for 2 years. Have kept one in the packaging (it's one of the replacements I received through warranty, but it's new in a new retail packaging). All of mine are the 33ft length, if I recall.
 
I bought two 5 meter corning cables about a year back. One of the two is still working the other one do not. The cables been locked into a rack and not even been touched, just used as connection for fiber network and raid on my trashcan. The raid one started to fail on me while working which was a bit scary as I had 20 something Tb of work on that raid.
 
I have a Rocket Stor Thunderbolt unit to connect to different interfaces for a laptop with few connectors.

Just today I noticed my external Blu Ray burner wasn't being recognized and so I moved it to the USB 3.0 connector on the laptop and it worked fine.

I moved the RocketStor a few inches yesterday as I rearranged my work area. Just a simple pick-up and slide a few inches further away, but still not at the cable's full length. This is a short 18 inch or so cable.

Why are TB cables so apt to fail?
 
Apparently not the TB cable after all... rather my RocketStor 6351 A just died.
 
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