Forgive me for cross posting.
I have a project coming up where I need to move drives back and forth between a W7 PC and a MacBook Pro.
Some will be used to capture material on the PC, where I do not need a particularly high data rate (no problem using a 7200 RPM single SATA drive for this).
I need to take these drives to a MacBook Pro (portability is an issue) for generating H264 web versions (QT Player 7 does this nicely) and also for copying files to additional drives and possibly FCP and AE (simple stuff).
Thunderbolt seems necessary on the Mac end (vs FW800), and eSATA on the PC end. I looked at the Promise RAIDs, but the price just jumped, and they are Thunderbolt-only. So scratch them from consideration.
Just found this which looks very useful:
https://secure1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?cPath=127_132&products_id=392&osCsid=71d4505f4b968e98251bb456e43eace8
For an extra $49.95 Sonnet has an Expresscard 34 device that works with this and gives me 2 eSATA ports. Seems ideal, if it works.
I would use this with either the 6TB G-Raids or maybe the cheaper 6TB MyBooks, both with eSATA ports. Might format all drives as HFS+ and use MacDrive on the PC. (Good or bad idea?)
Also this lets me use cheap SATA raw drives in a $30 dock for backups. Is this too good to be true?
So, anyone used this adapter? Anyone like or dislike the G-Raids?
All advice appreciated... Especially Bob Zelin's.
Thanks,
Jeff Kreines
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