Good to know.
It turns out that I might be better off using NTFS for drives on the PC since they are not supposed to be altered, just read, on the MAC, and only write to HFS+ on the Mac since those drives will be used only on Macs.
Essentially NTFS serves as a way of protecting files when these drives are used on a Mac. Unintended benefit.
So, anyone use either of these Sonnet devices? Or the 6TB G-Raid?
Thanks,
Jeff Kreines
On Jan 5, 2012, at 10:42 AM, namyrb <namyrb@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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