Thundercrap

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
[quote=Onamuji]
...In two or three years, we'll be able to buy a single pro SSD that matches the storage and speed.

I think you mean, six months ago you could buy one that is faster. Too bad it comes in formats not compatible with Mac, like PCIe, though it may eventually trickle down.



Impressive interface and typography in those screenshots! Is that the new El Capitan?
Did you miss that part of my post?

[Black]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
[quote=Article Accelerator]
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
[quote=Onamuji]
...In two or three years, we'll be able to buy a single pro SSD that matches the storage and speed.

I think you mean, six months ago you could buy one that is faster. Too bad it comes in formats not compatible with Mac, like PCIe, though it may eventually trickle down.



Impressive interface and typography in those screenshots! Is that the new El Capitan?
Did you miss that part of my post?

[Onamuji]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
[quote=Onamuji]
But can it hold 24TB?

Can the mini?

Onamuji wrote:
It can with the Thunderbolt 2 RAID.

Did you miss that part of my post?

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
That is external storage. Can you detail a scenario where the mini can do something useful that uses that speed and capacity to it's fullest? The best I can think of is split the RAID in half and get half the speed transferring data from one partition to the other.

Or maybe transferring data to the second Thunderbolt 2 RAID while pulling video files from the first.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....that was my fav cartoon....go Thundercraps......go....

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Onamuji wrote:
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
[quote=Onamuji]
But can it hold 24TB?

Can the mini?

Onamuji wrote:
It can with the Thunderbolt 2 RAID.

Did you miss that part of my post?

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
That is external storage. Can you detail a scenario where the mini can do something useful that uses that speed and capacity to it's fullest? The best I can think of is split the RAID in half and get half the speed transferring data from one partition to the other.

Or maybe transferring data to the second Thunderbolt 2 RAID while pulling video files from the first.
Even if it is a 2012 server with two internal SSD's in RAID 0, it will be about 50% bus saturation from the external to the internal. In that scenario, an iTrashcan with multiple TC controllers would be much better suited for utilizing an array that fast (assuming the array does maintain the full speed at more than 25% full).

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Black wrote:

[Onamuji]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
Even if it is a 2012 server with two internal SSD's in RAID 0, it will be about 50% bus saturation from the external to the internal.

Why is an internal drive in play in your scenario?

[Mike Johnson]

sekker wrote:

I would have gotten a hub and booted by USB3. Then you'd have that iMac fully tricked out and updated. TB has a lot of flexibility. It's expensive but an option at least.

...and you would have been disappointed. Maybe somebody’s come up with some new technology since I bought the SSD, but last I checked you could not boot an iMac from USB3 via Thunderbolt.

[Article Accelerator]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote: Did you miss that part of my post?

No, but perhaps you and Black missed my sarcasm.

[sekker]

Mike Johnson wrote:
[quote=sekker]

I would have gotten a hub and booted by USB3. Then you'd have that iMac fully tricked out and updated. TB has a lot of flexibility. It's expensive but an option at least.

...and you would have been disappointed. Maybe somebody’s come up with some new technology since I bought the SSD, but last I checked you could not boot an iMac from USB3 via Thunderbolt.
Good to know - bummer!