You are correct.
Thunderbolt is 10Gb per second over copper wire. That is 1.25 GB per
second, roughly 10 times faster than your typical 7200 RPM HDD.
On 5/15/2013 10:14 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:
> I don't think thunderbolt is 10GB/sec. GB GigaByte and a Byte is 8 bits. I think it is 10Gb/sec as in 10 Gigabits per second which is 1/8th the data. Am I correct on this? I hate always having to second guess the B vs. b representing Byte vs. bits. Seems some apps don't respect the nomenclature and are very inconsistent in their displays. Am I missing something here?
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Bettan" <gary@...> wrote:
>> We have hundreds of customers editing away on Thunderbolt drives. From our
>> Spotlight on Storage:
>>
>> Over the past year we have seen a revolution in the external storage
>> industry!
>>
>> In the past the only way to achieve throughputs of over 3GB per second
>> required expensive host adapters. Now USB3 and Thunderbolt provide blazing
>> fast data rates that video editors love!
>>
>> Today's computers now come with USB3 ports which provide you with 5GB/sec of
>> throughput - which is more than 6 times faster than Firewire800!!
>>
>> Unlike USB2, the new USB3 is a very reliable and stable connection that is
>> 100% up to the demands of post production work. USB3 is more than 1.5 times
>> faster than eSata, and every bit as solid.
>>
>> If your computer has Thunderbolt you can get 10GB/sec data rates - more than
>> 12 times as fast as FireWire800 and twice as fast as USB3! In fact
>> Thunderbolt RAIDs can deliver speeds as fast as expensive RAID controllers
>> costing a thousand dollars or more. Even cooler, Thunderbolt gives you TWO
>> channels of 10GB/sec throughput!!
>>
>> We carry Thunderbolt Storage Solutions from G-Technology & Promise
>> http://www.videoguys.com/VideoguysSpecials/Specials.aspx?sb=49
>>
>> Gary
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>> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
>> Mark Myers
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:27 PM
>> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Anybody working with G Raid Thunderbolt drives
>> yet?
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>> I'm using a Pegasus R6 Thunderbolt on my Imac with MC 5.5
>>
>> Works like a charm. I have it looped through to a monitor, and it
>> still has plenty of overhead left to do file copying tasks in the
>> background while I edit.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Owner, Director
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>> On 5/15/13 12:11 PM, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Shirley
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