Fastest connection from cMP 5,1 to Mac Studio

[AfterglowMP]

Have new Mac Studio (crazy, Apple delivered it three weeks before given date!?) and waiting for OWC Thunderbay enclosure to come before transitioning from 2010 Mac Pro. One approach is to install existing drives into new enclosure with all the video editing media. But apparently esata to thunderbolt adapters exist. Would these connect an esata-enabled cMP to thunderbolt MS and allow >6gbps data transfers? Are there other options for direct transfer other than, say, 1gb ethernet or FW?

On another note, can't help looking at small Mac Studio against big chassis of cMP and wondering why there's no possibility of retrofitting these sturdy beautiful brushed aluminium boxes with both latest hardware and of course the extra drives needing for media-intensive video processing work. Really, how many of you are out there working fulltime with video who won't need external drives hanging off the Mac Studio? It's why Mac Pros were always good option rather than MBPs, Imacs and Mac Minis.

 

[Killerbob]

I am not quite sure what you are trying to do, but I do not believe you can direct connect a cMP to a MS via an eSATA/TB converter… The fastest way would be via direct TB or 10GbE - both of which you can get on the cMP via PCIe cards (I think).

As for storage media connected to the MS, just get a decent NAS/DAS and have done with it. You can connect via TB3 or 10GbE, and that’s plenty fast for even video editing - especially if you add in NVMe storage media to the NAS. I access files on my QNAP TVS-872XT faster than I could on the internal storage on my cMP 7 years ago.

 

[handheldgames]

Your NAS is almost as expensive as a Studio Max...

 

[Killerbob]

Sure - but on it resides ALL my data (I am a photographer) and I read from it at 1800MB/s… In addition to the NAS you will need a backup strategy - NAS is NOT a backup…

 

[AfterglowMP]

Yes, the NAS is overkill. I networked the two using FW800 with Thunderbolt adapter. Very slow. I'll try ethernet which should be a little faster as well as ripping drives out of cMP and installing in Thunderbolt enclosure.

I've also never understand why USB 3 wasn't a possible networking connection.

One idea I was toying with was keeping the cMP as a back up (it still has old apps that cannot be upgraded without expensive monthly subscriptions) as well as a de facto hard drive enclosure connected to the new Mac Studio via 10gbs Ethernet card installed in cMP.

 

[lcubed]

I've also never understand why USB 3 wasn't a possible networking connection.

it can be with proper ethernet adapters