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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Thunderbolt RED Rocket

From what I've seen the Magma unit looks good and it is useful to have three slots but the trade comes as it is quite a bit bigger than Sonnet Echo Express and a lot bigger than M-Logic RR. The Sonnet unit I have and so far am really happy with, it is larger than M-Logic but when you open it up I noticed it has a pretty beefy power supply for the PCIe cards that demand a lot more juice and has three big fans in it. The M-Logic is really nice being so small and I can imagine it being a great laptop bag solution. However I've noticed the other two units are bigger probably due to the power supply and fans, not to mention you can put any card you want in them.
They all have they're pros and cons, Magma is great for desktop setups, Sonnet is great for desktop and laptop setups and like the Magma can take any card and the M-Logic looks like it will be a good RED Rocket laptop bag unit.

That being said, the Sonnet one is the only one actually shipping and the only one I've received and tested and I like the performance I've got so far.
 
I will be very interested how a RR card performs within these TB enclosures in an IMac as a tower replacement. Presently running a 2008 tower and it's beginning to show it's age. What sort of transcode speeds from R3D to apple pro res could you expect? What are you guys getting with Mac pro laptops? Thanks
 
Mike Halper said:
Are we sure the 2 Thunderbolt ports on the Retina MBP are separate TB buses and not a single shared TB bus?
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I asked an Apple salesman and he asked someone front he genius bar and told me they are separate buses... I wouldn't necessarily trust that though without further confirmation.
Running the rocket from one and a raid from the other will be brilliant though if they are indeed independent.

I want two separate enclosures so i haven't ordered the Sonnet as the mLogic is cheaper... but wondering when it's going to actually ship ;(
 
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