This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Preferred BOB for MC6?

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Preferred BOB for MC6?

Damn. I'm nt sure if the mlink is 4x.

Gary

Quoting Bogdan Grigorescu <bogdan_grigorescu@yahoo.com>:

> ' As is the PCIe card that ships with MojoDx & NitrisDX'
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> That is incorrect Gary, the Avid PCIe HIB is actually 4x.
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> cheers,
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> Bogdan Grigorescu
> ACSR Edit/DS/Unity/ISIS
> www.finale.tv
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> --- On Sun, 12/9/12, gary@videoguys.com <gary@videoguys.com> wrote:
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> From: gary@videoguys.com <gary@videoguys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Preferred BOB for MC6?
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, December 9, 2012, 4:31 PM
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> The PCIe cards that ship from Matrox & AJA are single lane. As is the
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> PCIe card that ships with MojoDx & NitrisDX. We just started carrying
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> a new product called mlink. I'm going to try running Avid hardware
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> with it connected to a new 27inch iMac.
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> mLogic mLink Thunderbolt to PCIe Expansion Chassis $399
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> With the new mLink from mLogic you can now do things with your
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> Thunderbolt enabled iMac, Mac mini, Macbook Pro or MacBook Air that
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> Pro. mLink and Thunderbolt technology bring the functionality of
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> professional add-in PCIe adapters to these systems...no workstation
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> Wouldn?t it be nice to use your MacBook Pro on set to capture
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> uncompressed HD or 2K footage? With mLink you can. mLink enables just
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> enabled computer. How about connecting to a 10 GigE network with your
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> We made it easy to install and swap PCIe adapters in to and out of
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> mLink. In no time at all, you are good to go and doing things that
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> Thunderbolt I/O. Ultrafast performance.
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> Thunderbolt technology enables mLink to transfer data at up to 10
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> Gbps. That's 20x faster than USB 2.0 and 12x faster than FireWire 800!
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> When loaded with a PCIe RAID adapter mated to eight SATA II drives,
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> Big Possibilities. Small form factor.
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> Two 10 Gbps Thunderbolt ports enable mLink to support a daisy-chain of
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> flexibility packaged in a compact and light weight chassis that
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> http://www.videoguys.com/Item/mLogic+mLink+Thunderbolt+to+PCIe+Expansion+Chassis/B4E494C4D4.aspx
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> Gary
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> Quoting Terence Curren <tcurren@aol.com>:
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>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, IAN WILSON <ur035254@...> wrote:
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>> <<Hmm, perhaps a Thunder Bolt to PCIe breakout box running from an
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>> iMac http://tiny.cc/39d1ow , anybody?>>
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>> Thunderbolt only supports supports four lanes of throughput right
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>> now. So having a PCIe breakout box is of limited value. Won't
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