Other Distant Thunder: List of Thunderbolt 1 (10Gbps) devices

[Amethyst1]

Thunderbolt 1 controllers shipped in Macs (number of physical ports in parentheses)

Name	Type	TB Ports / DP Streams (note: up to)	iMac	Mac mini	MacBook Air	MacBook Pro	Changes
Light Ridge	CV82524EFL	2 / 2	mid 2011 21.5" (1) 27" (2)	mid 2011 (1)	-	early 2011 (1) late 2011 (1) mid 2012 (1)	-
Eagle Ridge	DSL2310	1 / 1	-	-	mid 2011 (1)	-	Much smaller, lower power than LR
Cactus Ridge	DSL3510L	2 / 2	late 2012 (2) early 2013 (2) late 2013 (2)	mid 2012 (1)	mid 2012 (1) mid 2013 (1) early 2014 (1)	mid 2012 Retina (2) late 2012 Retina (2) early 2013 Retina (2)	Cheaper, lower power, smaller than LR
Redwood Ridge	DSL4510	2 / 2	mid 2014 (2)	-	-	-	DP 1.2 passthrough

Note: The single-port Cactus Ridge and Redwood Ridge controllers weren't shipped in any Mac.


Adapters

• Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet [Port Ridge]
• Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire 800 [Port Ridge]
• AKiTiO Thunder SATA Go
• ATTO ThunderLink FC 1082 [Light Ridge]
• ATTO ThunderLink NS 1101
• ATTO ThunderLink NT 1102
• ATTO ThunderLink SH 1068
• ATTO ThunderStream SC 3808D
• CalDigit ThunderExpress
• Delock Thunderbolt to SATA III Adapter (61971)
• Delock Thunderbolt to USB 3.0 Adapter (62634) [Port Ridge]
• Delock Thunderbolt to USB 3.0 + SD UHS-II Card Reader (91723)
• FirmTek ThunderTek/PX-Q6G [Port Ridge]
• FirmTek ThunderTek/PX2+2 [Port Ridge]
• LaCie eSATA Hub [Light Ridge]
• Kanex USB 3.0 + eSATA [Port Ridge]
• Kanex USB 3.0 + Gigabit Ethernet [Port Ridge]
• Onnto USB 3.0 + eSATA
• Onnto USB 3.0 + Gigabit Ethernet
• Promise SANLink
• Sonnet Echo ExpressCard [Eagle Ridge]
• Sonnet Echo ExpressCard Pro [Eagle Ridge]
• Sonnet Echo Express SE 10GbE [Light Ridge]
• Sonnet Echo Express SE eSATA Pro 4-port [Light Ridge]
• Sonnet Qio Thunderbolt Interface Kit
• Sonnet USB 3.0 + eSATA
• Sonnet USB 3.0 + Gigabit Ethernet
• Startech USB 3.0 + eSATA [Port Ridge]
• Startech USB 3.0 + Gigabit Ethernet [Port Ridge]

Audio & Video Interfaces

• AJA Io XT
• AJA Ki Pro Quad
• AJA T-Tap
• Apogee Symphony 64 | ThunderBridge
• Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Pro
• Blackmagic Intensity Extreme [Eagle Ridge]
• Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle for Thunderbolt
• Blackmagic Teranex 2D Processor
• Blackmagic Teranex 3D Processor
• Blackmagic UltraStudio 3D
• Blackmagic UltraStudio Express
• Blackmagic UltraStudio Mini Monitor
• Blackmagic UltraStudio Mini Recorder
• Matrox MXO2 Thunderbolt Adapter
• RME Fireface UFX+
• Universal Audio Apollo

Cameras

• Blackmagic Cinema Camera

Displays

• Apple Thunderbolt Display [Light Ridge]

Docks

• AKiTiO Thunder Dock [Cactus Ridge]
• Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock [Light Ridge]
• CalDigit Thunderbolt Station [Cactus Ridge]
• Elgato Thunderbolt Dock
• Matrox DS1 DVI [Light Ridge]
• Matrox DS1 HDMI [Light Ridge]
• Startech Thunderbolt Docking Station [Cactus Ridge]

PCIe Enclosures

• FirmTek ThunderTek/PX [Port Ridge]
• Magma ExpressBox 3T
• mLogic mLink [Light Ridge]
• mLogic mLink R
• OWC Mercury Helios [Light Ridge]
• Sonnet Echo Express
• Sonnet Echo Express SE [Light Ridge]
• Sonnet Echo Express Pro [Light Ridge]
• Sonnet Echo Express II
• Sonnet xMac mini Server

Storage Devices and Enclosures

• AJA KiStor Dock
• AJA Pak Dock
• AKiTiO Neutrino Thunder D3
• AKiTiO Neutrino Thunder Duo
• AKiTiO Neutrino Thunderbolt Edition [Port Ridge]
• AKiTiO Palm RAID
• AKiTiO ThunderGo [Port Ridge]
• Areca ARC-5026
• Areca ARC-8050
• Buffalo DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt
• Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt [Port Ridge]
• CalDigit T1 (not featured on CalDigit's website)
• CalDigit T3 (TB1 revision) [Cactus Ridge]
• CRU RTX800-TR
• Delock 2.5inch 15mm SATA III Thunderbolt Enclosure (42490)
• Delock 2.5inch 9.5mm SATA III Thunderbolt Enclosure (42513)
• Drobo 5D [Cactus Ridge]
• Drobo Mini
• Elgato Thunderbolt Drive+ [Port Ridge]
• Elgato Thunderbolt SSD [Eagle Ridge]
• Freecom Mobile Drive Mg
• G-Technology G-DOCK ev with Thunderbolt
• G-Technology G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt [Port Ridge]
• G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt
• G-Technology G-RAID with Thunderbolt (TB1 revision) [Light Ridge]
• HighPoint RocketStor 5212 [Port Ridge]
• JMR SilverStor Thunderbolt RAID
• LaCie 2big Thunderbolt (2011 revision) [Light Ridge]
• LaCie 5big Thunderbolt (TB1 revision)
• LaCie d2 USB 3.0 | Thunderbolt Series (TB1 revision)
• LaCie Little Big Disk (2011 revision) [Light Ridge]
• LaCie Rugged RAID
• LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt | USB 3.0 [Port Ridge]
• LMP ThunderBox 400 (cf. Areca ARC-5026)
• Onnto DataTale CR-FD21
• Onnto DataTale RS-M2T
• Onnto DataTale RS-M4T [Light Ridge]
• Onnto DataTale RS-S2T
• OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro
• Promise Pegasus J2 [Port Ridge]
• Promise Pegasus J4
• Promise Pegasus R4 [Light Ridge]
• Promise Pegasus R6 [Light Ridge]
• Raidon Stardom DR8-TB
• Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Adapter [Light Ridge]
• Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter [Port Ridge]
• Silicon Power Thunder T11
• Sonnet Thunderbolt Pro P2 Card Reader
• Startech Dual 2.5inch SATA III Thunderbolt Enclosure [Cactus Ridge]
• Transcend JetDrive 825 [Port Ridge]
• Transcend JetDrive 855 [Port Ridge]
• Transcend StoreJet 300
• Transcend StoreJet 500
• WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo [Light Ridge]
• WD My Passport Pro
• Zotac mSATAbox Thunderbolt [Port Ridge]

to be continued...

 

[theMarble]

Great idea for a WikiPost! I've gone and added the TB1 storage devices that immediately came to my mind, I do recall there being a couple more, however some are hard to research due to having the exact same name as their typically much more popular TB2/TB3 variants.

I have also gone and added the "PCIe" prefix to the Enclosures header to prevent any confusion with storage enclosures, as disks like the LaCie Little Big Disk were available in both enclosure-only and HDD-equipped variants from the factory.

Lastly, I have added the original UA Apollo, as I know that it was a TB1 device (being released in early 2012).

 

[TheShortTimer]

Thanks for initiating this.

Macs

Light Ridge (CV82524EFL)

• MacBook Pro: early 2011/late 2011/mid 2012

Ah, even the 2012 models are TB1 only? Silly me, I didn't realise that TB2 wasn't introduced till 2013.

I'll hook up TB2 gear on the Trash Can from here on.

Macs

Cactus Ridge (DSL3510L)

• iMac: late 2013
• MacBook Air: early 2014

Redwood Ridge (DSL4510)

• iMac: mid 2014 (iMac14,4)

Those machines could've received TB2 by that point but Apple supplied them with the older version instead? I wonder if that was to push pro users towards the obviously more expensive Trash Can range.

Adapters

• ATTO ThunderLink NS 2102

This one is a TB2 device.

 

[Amethyst1]

I've gone and added the TB1 storage devices that immediately came to my mind [...]

I've added some more.

I have also gone and added the "PCIe" prefix to the Enclosures header to prevent any confusion with storage enclosures [...]

I implied "enclosures" to mean PCIe ones and "storage" to mean both empty and supplied-with-drives storage enclosures, but your addition makes it clear.

Lastly, I have added the original UA Apollo, as I know that it was a TB1 device (being released in early 2012).

Blackmagic also released TB1 devices, so I'll see what I can come up with. I've also changed the headline to "Audio & Video Interfaces". I'm open to suggestions whether to group them together or keep them separate.

Ah, even the 2012 models are TB1 only?

Yup. The classic 2012 MBPs have the same Light Ridge controller as the 2011s. The Retina ones have Cactus Ridge.

Those machines could've received TB2 by that point but Apple supplied them with the older version instead?

Yup. The mid-2014 iMac having Redwood Ridge is interesting as it's unique to that model and the controller supports DisplayPort 1.2 in passthrough mode but only 1.1 in TB mode, i.e. if the GPU were up to outputting 4K at 60 Hz, it would be possible to get that on a directly-attached display, but not on a display daisy-chained to a TB device.

I wonder if that was to push pro users towards the obviously more expensive Trash Can range.

And the Retina MBP.

This one is a TB2 device.

SIlly me. I've removed it and added the other TB1 ThunderLinks I found.

 

[B S Magnet]

Macs

Light Ridge (CV82524EFL)

• iMac: mid 2011
• MacBook Pro: early 2011/late 2011/mid 2012
• Mac mini: mid 2011

Eagle Ridge (DSL2310)

• MacBook Air: mid 2011

Cactus Ridge (DSL3510L)

• iMac: late 2012/early 2013/late 2013
• MacBook Air: mid 2012/mid 2013/early 2014
• MacBook Pro Retina: mid 2012/late 2012/early 2013
• Mac mini: mid 2012

Redwood Ridge (DSL4510)

• iMac: mid 2014 (iMac14,4)

Adapters

• Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet
• Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire 800
• ATTO ThunderLink FC 1082
• ATTO ThunderLink NS 1101
• ATTO ThunderLink NT 1102
• ATTO ThunderLink SH 1068
• LaCie eSATA Hub
• Kanex KTU10
• Kanex KTU20
• Matrox MXO2 Thunderbolt Adapter
• Promise SANLink
• Sonnet Echo ExpressCard
• Sonnet Echo ExpressCard Pro
• Sonnet Echo Express SE 10GbE
• Sonnet Echo Express SE eSATA Pro 4-port
• Sonnet USB 3.0 + eSATA
• Sonnet USB 3.0 + Gigabit Ethernet

Audio & Video Interfaces

• AJA Io XT
• Universal Audio Apollo

Cameras

• Blackmagic Cinema Camera

Displays

• Apple Thunderbolt Display

Docks

• AKiTiO Thunder Dock
• Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock
• CalDigit Thunderbolt Station
• Matrox DS1 DVI
• Matrox DS1 HDMI

PCIe Enclosures

• Magma ExpressBox 3T
• mLogic mLink
• mLogic mLink R
• OWC Mercury Helios
• Sonnet Echo Express
• Sonnet Echo Express SE
• Sonnet Echo Express Pro
• Sonnet Echo Express II
• Sonnet xMac mini Server [2H]

Storage

• AKiTiO Neutrino Thunder D3
• AKiTiO Neutrino Thunder Duo
• AKiTiO Neutrino Thunderbolt Edition
• AKiTiO Palm RAID
• AKiTiO ThunderGo
• Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt
• Delock PA1215
• Elgato Thunderbolt SSD
• Freecom Mobile Drive Mg
• G-Technology G-RAID with Thunderbolt
• LaCie 2big Thunderbolt (2011 revision)
• LaCie Little Big Disk (2011 revision)
• LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt | USB 3.0
• Promise Pegasus J2
• Promise Pegasus R4
• Promise Pegasus R6
• Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt
• Seagate GoFlex Ultra-Portable Thunderbolt
• WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo

to be continued...

Ahhh good, this wikipost is more my speed!

[Edit: Yay, glad at least one of y’all got my double-entendre. ]

Also, @Amethyst1, the future of this wikipost might want to include a summary table, explanation, and TB gen name for the differences between the different * Ridge generations — why one was superior to the previous, or why an earlier iteration stuck around on newer Mac models when older Mac models had already moved on to the next iteration/generation. This would be one of those “I don’t know anything about Thunderbolt history, so could this wikipost explain it like I’m five?” It might either appear in table and/or in section summary form.

It may sound like I speak for myself here, but I do at least understand some of the differences — just not so much at a technical level on par with either my understanding of, say, IEEE1394 history or, say, on your and @joevt ’s level is with TB.

 

[TheShortTimer]

Blackmagic also released TB1 devices, so I'll see what I can come up with.

From my own TB1 arsenal is the Blackmagic UltraStudio Mini Recorder. According to this Amazon listing it was first made available in 2012 and has a 10 Gb/s connection - which is consistent with the earlier standard.

 

[Amethyst1]

Also, @Amethyst1, the future of this wikipost might want to include a summary table, explanation, and TB gen name for the differences between the different * Ridge generations — why one was superior to the previous [...]

I've added a first version of a summary table.

[...] why an earlier iteration stuck around on newer Mac models when older Mac models had already moved on to the next iteration/generation.

My guess is "because Apple could"

From my own TB1 arsenal is the Blackmagic UltraStudio Mini Recorder. According to this Amazon listing it was first made available in 2012 and has a 10 Gb/s connection - which is consistent with the earlier standard.

I've added the Blackmagic devices, as well as tons of others. This resource proved to be quite valuable, but I crosschecked that devices were released and had a 10 Gbps connection.

 

[B S Magnet]

I've added a first version of a summary table.

Nice.

My guess is "because Apple could"

To look at your table, I now get why the mid-2011 MBA shipped with a later iteration of TB — sort of a lower-power but less capability way.

I also made a correction on the Light Ridge row, as the MBPs of that series each have one TB port and can support two DP links.

 

[Amethyst1]

To look at your table, I now get why the mid-2011 MBA shipped with a later iteration of TB — sort of a lower-power but less capability way.

The 2011 MBA is possibly absolutely not the only device to have Eagle Ridge. Another candidate might be this as it shipped in 2011 and has one TB port, but I haven’t found any info on what’s inside. Later, teeny-tiny Port Ridge was available for DP-less, one-port devices.

I also made a correction on the Light Ridge row, as the MBPs of that series each have one TB port and can support two DP links.

The 27in 2011 iMac has two TB ports and Light Ridge, so the column is an up to affair. The same applies to 2012-2014 MBAs and the 2012 mini: only one TB port but two-port Cactus Ridge.

 

[B S Magnet]

The 2011 MBA is possibly the only device to have Eagle Ridge. Another candidate might be this as it shipped in 2011 and has one TB port, but I haven’t found any info on what’s inside. Later, teeny-tiny Port Ridge was available for DP-less, one-port devices.

Huh. Curious!

The 27in 2011 iMac has two TB ports and Light Ridge, so the column is an up to affair. The same applies to 2012-2014 MBAs and the 2012 mini: only one TB port but two-port Cactus Ridge.

OK. I’ve made a tentative correction to the column header to be clear about this. In its absence, there will continue to be a conflict between the exterior appearance of only one physical TB port on most of those 2011 devices whose Light Ridge logic could handle two physical ports, if so equipped, as with the 27-inch iMac being the solitary outlier from that group.

But to factor what you mention about Cactus Ridge, the table may need to have added an additional column to distinguish physical ports of a particular Mac model from the technical capability of port quantities that *Ridge revision of TB can support, were the physical ports actually designed into the final Mac product.

I see this as not being unlike how a Sandy Bridge RAM channel can support up to two SO-DIMM sticks of 8GB/stick, but there were many models which only shipped with the physical capability of one SO-DIMM per channel (i.e., only two RAM slots total). As there was a lot of vagueness around this in the past (namely, seeing a 27-inch 2011 iMac with 32GB RAM, 4x 8GB, but leaving end users wondering whether there were 16GB SO-DIMM sticks out there which could, erroneously, make its 21.5-inch 2011 sibling also run with 32GB), it’s probably a good plan to denote explicitly (i.e., without an implied “up to”) the difference between a physical and technical TB capability of a specific Mac model.

Thoughts?

[My Cmd-I got a workout here!]

 

[Amethyst1]

Huh. Curious!

I mean, the Sonnet could also use Light Ridge and have been deprived of the second TB port (like the Matrox DS1), or be a really early Port Ridge affair since its introduction is given as Q4/2011. If I can find one cheaply, I'll gladly check it out.

But to factor what you mention about Cactus Ridge, the table may need to have added an additional column to distinguish physical ports of a particular Mac model from the technical capability of port quantities that *Ridge revision of TB can support, were the physical ports actually designed into the final Mac product.

• I've now updated the table to include the number of physical TB ports on each Mac, making the "TB Ports / DP Streams" column indicate the best configuration possible.
• I've also shuffled the "Name" and "Type" (previously "Model") columns around.
• I've also added an "Unreleased Devices" category for devices that were announced but didn't see the light of day, since I don't think *cough* vapourware *cough* should be listed with actually existing peripherals. But should they be listed in the first place?

Thoughts/comments?

 

[B S Magnet]

I mean, the Sonnet could also use Light Ridge and have been deprived of the second TB port (like the Matrox DS1), or be a really early Port Ridge affair since its introduction is given as Q4/2011. If I can find one cheaply, I'll gladly check it out.

I almost want to find one of TB-to-Expresscard Sonnet devices because a) cute and b) neat to have around.

If you can find a Matrox DS1 for cheap, then go for it! It’ll be another tool in your display/TB shenanigans kit.

• I've now updated the table to include the number of physical TB ports on each Mac, making the "TB Ports / DP Streams" column indicate the best configuration possible.
• I've also shuffled the "Name" and "Type" (previously "Model") columns around.
• I've also added an "Unreleased Devices" category for devices that were announced but didn't see the light of day, since I don't think *cough* vapourware *cough* should be listed with actually existing peripherals. But should they be listed in the first place?

Thoughts/comments?

An improvement, cheers! I might try to look at further improving the ease of legibility this weekend, when I have more time.

(Pouring one out for Port Ridge being removed.)

 

[Amethyst1]

I almost want to find one of TB-to-Expresscard Sonnet devices because a) cute and b) neat to have around.

Yeah, but the prototype looks even better IMHO. More serious.

If you can find a Matrox DS1 for cheap, then go for it! It’ll be another tool in your display/TB shenanigans kit.

The Matrox DS1 seems to be a quirky device, so I‘ll have to get one at some point I’m afraid.

I might try to look at further improving the ease of legibility this weekend, when I have more time.

Sure, go for it.

(Pouring one out for Port Ridge being removed.)

I may have missed the joke but here goes Port Ridge wasn’t used in any computers, it was no good for them.

 

[B S Magnet]

Yeah, but the prototype looks even better IMHO. More serious.

It looks cheap and like something which came from a 3D printer. It doesn’t look sturdy or durable at all! (kind of vital since I imagine the main use for this device was for folks with ExpressCard devices from their pre-TB MacBook Pros and who moved around to working sites frequently).

The Matrox DS1 seems to be a quirky device, so I‘ll have to get one at some point I’m afraid.

It has just the right balance of quirky and dated and “this is state-of-this-early-art” look to it.

I may have missed the joke but here goes Port Ridge wasn’t used in any computers, it was no good for them.

Not really a joke so much as I was surprised it was removed on a list dedicated to TB1 devices generally — not necessarily for devices for use on Macs which were sold by third-party vendors.

 

[Amethyst1]

It looks cheap and like something which came from a 3D printer. It doesn’t look sturdy or durable at all! […]

FWIW two German users noted the cards sitting quite loose in the shipping version of the adapter. And it running hot.

Not really a joke so much as I was surprised it was removed on a list dedicated to TB1 devices generally — not necessarily for devices for use on Macs which were sold by third-party vendors.

The table only lists controllers that shipped in Macs which excludes Port Ridge by design as it doesn’t have any DP outputs (and only two PCIe lanes). It was never included in the table. I can add it of course.

Is this what you mean? Or am I missing something?

 

[B S Magnet]

FWIW two German users noted the cards sitting quite loose in the shipping version of the adapter. And it running hot.

Quality control failure, FTL (for the loss).

Unrelated to TB, I think about this issue — design forethought and durability — with the external FW800/USB3.0 2.5-inch drive enclosure I got a few years ago for the portability of my music library (for DJing sets and the like). The case, inexplicably, is constructed of lucite — sturdy, but horrid at thermal efficiency. Its only vent holes are in the top-front of the enclosure, with no obvious places for external air to be pulled in.

Consequently, it gets hot in there, but triply so because I use it with a SATA 2.5-to-dual-m.2 adapter from StarTech (whose design is also poorly thought out.)

So I took an unused AirPort plate from an iBook G4 (the one with vent holes to keep the AirPort Extreme card from overheating as badly), to use as a template to drill holes in the lucite topside. (I may still do the same for holes nearby the underside heat sink, to facilitate thermal convection.) Worse, the design they went with put the heat sink on the underside. The adapter, meanwhile, is upside-down, with the added m.2s being on the underside of the board which, cosmetically(?) is the “top side” of the adapter. Put inside this enclosure, the last model of its kind, a perfect storm of overheating happens.

This whole story is to present how product designers may be thinking about how everything inside fits, usually with CAD assistance, but it’s not uncommon for even name-reputable makers, like Sonnet, to not think these things through very well — especially when they consider themselves under pressure to be the first to get something out to market. Like, I wonder what the thermal dissipation design inside the Echo is like — are thermal pads even used, and if so, are the sinks even touching the aluminium case?), or why they didn’t consider passive air cooling, with vent holes, even laser-cut tiny ones (like that with the MacBook Pro speaker grilles) as part of the design.

(On these: it’s because they probably didn’t think through just how hot the TB chip can get in regularized use, especially back in 2011 when the protocol was still new and with field use examples still being few.)

The table only lists controllers that shipped in Macs which excludes Port Ridge by design as it doesn’t have any DP outputs (and only two PCIe lanes). It was never included in the table. I can add it of course.

Is this what you mean? Or am I missing something?

I suppose what I’m thinking — and factoring this good point you just made — is it might be the makings of transforming the bulleted lists into their own tables, and within those tables, denote which * Ridge revision those devices have (where, of course, we know that information). That’s probably where the re-appearance of, say, a Port Ridge device might be in the wiki itself.

 

[Amethyst1]

Consequently, it gets hot in there, but triply so because I use it with a SATA 2.5-to-dual-m.2 adapter from StarTech (whose design is also poorly thought out.)

How does the adapter present itself, just out of interest? Does it do any RAID?

[…] denote which * Ridge revision those devices have (where, of course, we know that information).

This information is rarely published so one would have to resort to guesswork based on e.g. release date, number of ports or price, track down teardowns or dig up lspci output. I've begun adding the controller (where known) in brackets for the time being.

 

[B S Magnet]

How does the adapter present itself, just out of interest? Does it do any RAID?

The S322M225R (that model number tho!) has jumper options for hardware JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1 and disk spanning. Mine is configured in RAID 0 striping (to make the most of read speeds, as most of my writes, the iTunes library itself notwithstanding, happen once and don’t usually change over time, unless I make a periodic update to song metadata).

But whereas that pic shows the m.2 SSDs side facing up, the SATA 2.5 plug is upside-down of what a 2.5-inch SSD drive would be if used with that lucite-encased enclosure. It’s completely counter-intuitive. Consequently, the m.2s, when inside that enclosure, get the red-blue (PCB board) sandwich. I can take a picture of it if you’d like to see how a) mine appears and b) the physical modifications I’ve made to the enclosure itself.

This information is rarely published so one would have to resort to guesswork based on e.g. release date, number of ports or price, track down teardowns or dig up lspci output. I've begun adding the controller (where known) in brackets for the time being.

…proprietary lyfe is shady that way…

 

[Amethyst1]

I suppose what I’m thinking — and factoring this good point you just made — is it might be the makings of transforming the bulleted lists into their own tables […]

What information would be worth having in these tables in your book? A link to the device‘s website, datasheet or manual would be useful.

The S322M225R (that model number tho!) […]

…makes perfect sense: SATA 3 to 2 m.2 2.5in RAID.

Mine is configured in RAID 0 striping (to make the most of read speeds […])

Does one SSD not saturate the SATA-to-USB3 bridge already?

I can take a picture of it if you’d like to see how a) mine appears and b) the physical modifications I’ve made to the enclosure itself.

Sure, if it’s not too much of a hassle

…proprietary lyfe is shady that way…

And guesswork isn’t my cup of tea.

 

[Amethyst1]

Two little updates:

The 2011 MBA is possibly the only device to have Eagle Ridge.

It is not. The Blackmagic Intensity Extreme also has it.

I almost want to find one of TB-to-Expresscard Sonnet devices because a) cute and b) neat to have around.

I’ve just bought one (among other TB toys ) and am looking forward to seeing what’s inside.

 

[Amethyst1]

The 2011 MBA is possibly absolutely not the only device to have Eagle Ridge. Another candidate might be this as it shipped in 2011 and has one TB port, but I haven’t found any info on what’s inside.

…turns out I don’t need to add a 2011 MBA to my arsenal LOL.

# CalDigit Thunderbolt Station
c0:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
c1:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
c1:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
c1:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
c1:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL3510 Thunderbolt Controller [Cactus Ridge 4C 2012] (rev 03)
c2:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
c3:00.0 USB controller: Fresco Logic FL1100 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 10)

# Elgato Thunderbolt SSD
81:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL2310 Thunderbolt Controller [Eagle Ridge 2C 2011] (rev 01)
82:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL2310 Thunderbolt Controller [Eagle Ridge 2C 2011] (rev 01)
83:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1061/ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)

# HighPoint RocketStor 5212
81:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL2210 Thunderbolt Controller [Port Ridge 1C 2011]
82:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL2210 Thunderbolt Controller [Port Ridge 1C 2011]
83:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9235 PCIe 2.0 x2 4-port SATA 6 Gb/s Controller (rev 10)

# LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series
c0:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010]
c1:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010]
c1:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010]
c1:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010]
c2:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9182 PCIe 2.0 x2 2-port SATA 6 Gb/s Controller (rev 11)

# Sonnet Echo ExpressCard/34
81:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL2310 Thunderbolt Controller [Eagle Ridge 2C 2011] (rev 01)
82:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL2310 Thunderbolt Controller [Eagle Ridge 2C 2011] (rev 01)

Update 2024.10.19: Added Elgato Thunderbolt SSD.
Update 2024.10.26: Added CalDigit Thunderbolt Station.
Update 2024.10.30: Added LaCie SATA Hub Thunderbolt Series.

I’ve just bought one (among other TB toys ) and am looking forward to seeing what’s inside.

I'm also looking forward to stuffing two striped SSDs into the RocketStor and seeing how fast it'll go.