That's an excellent question Wilson. For me, technology purchases are as much about my future needs as they are about my current needs. Since I can't know exactly what those are going to be, it makes sense to me to spend a few hundred dollars more on extra bandwidth. The price of the technology just has to come down far enough to make this worthwhile.
The price of thunderbolt drives has dropped a lot in the past two years, and they seem like a potentially good investment. Now, I just need to know that they're stable.
Best
Shirley
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On May 15, 2013, at 11:16 AM, Wilson Chao <wilsonchao@gmail.com> wrote:
> Shirley,
>
> I understand that Thunderbolt has technical advantages useful for
> some high bandwidth applications. But given the substantial price
> premium for Thunderbolt storage, will it actually allow you to do more
> than cheaper alternatives? For my own real-time editing needs
> (long-form nonfiction, DNxHD media) I never exceed the bandwidth of
> SATA 1.0, USB 3.0, or even FW800. Sure, it would be nice to have
> faster copying (I'm now backing up some data from a local bare drive,
> via a USB 3.0 dock, over GigE to my NAS and it's showing 8 hrs. to go)
> but that's a "walk away overnight" task, so it's not worth much money
> to accelerate. Why is it important for your needs?
>
> Cheers,
> Wilson
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@aol.com> wrote:
> Soon, I will need to add to my home system's storage capabilities,
> and when I went to Amazon to look around, I found myself eyeing the
> Thunderbolt compatible G-Raid 4TB. Anybody tried this series of drives
> yet? Is it still to soon to jump on the Thunderbolt bandwagon?
>
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