Re: [Avid-L2] Thunderbolt to eSATA adapter?

I'll have to second paragon. Ive just seen too many drives get killed using
macdrive.

On Thursday, January 5, 2012, Red Truck <redtruckproductions@rogers.com>
wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have used Paragon "NTFS for Mac" http://bit.ly/zOFim5 on my Macbook with
> success to read/write media files on exchange projects from a PC NTFS
> format drive.
>
> Robert Alsop@
> Red Truck
> Video to go!
> Toronto
> 905-717-3718
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kreines" <jeffkreines@mindspring.com>
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 8:00 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Thunderbolt to eSATA adapter?
>
>>
>>
>> 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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