anyone know an approximate speed difference between connecting a Red Station with eSata versus connecting with FW800 and copying footage from 1.8'' SSD to 2.5'' sata drives
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09-22-2011, 06:05 PM
anyone know an approximate speed difference between connecting a Red Station with eSata versus connecting with FW800 and copying footage from 1.8'' SSD to 2.5'' sata drives
09-22-2011, 07:26 PM
dont know exact numbers but night and day!!! sata is exponentially faster!
09-22-2011, 07:32 PM
For me FW800 usually tops out around 2.4GB/min (less with a daisy chain), eSATA easily runs over 5GB/min. So, 2X faster at minimum.
Cheers - #19
09-22-2011, 08:51 PM
Well, let's look at the marketing numbers.
Firewire 800 is 800Mbps.
The Red Station uses eSATA 2.0, which is 3Gbps or 3000Mbps.
800<<3000
So there you have it ... use eSATA whenever possible.
Its a trickier thing when you consider eSATA 2 versus USB 3. eSATA 2 is slower, but its also more efficient. So, even though USB 3 is faster on paper, in practice I'd expect eSATA 2 to be faster.
Of course, there is eSATA 3 which I think you can expect to find in the next Red Stations. That is 6Gbps. Oh and Thunderbolt ... that's 10Gbps full duplex. (So, you can read at 10Gbps from a Thunderbolt device and write 10Gbps to another Thunderbolt device on the same chain.)
09-23-2011, 04:03 AM
But how in the Hell do you get eSata into a Mac running a rocket, quadro, BM and video card with no Cubix?
I guess we don't.
09-23-2011, 06:33 AM
Isn't there a way to get a single eSata connection on a mac pro without using a card
09-23-2011, 02:44 PM
You can run an eSATA extender cable from your second optical drive port to the back of your Mac.
So ... if you have two Quadro 4000s, you can have five panels available at the back. THen you can attach the eSATA extension to the same slot as a Quadro 4000, plus keep your Rocket and BMD card.
Of course, with Thunderbolt coming to the next generation of Mac Pro and the Red Stations ...
09-23-2011, 04:46 PM
Cool! So as simple as getting an extension eSATA cable and ditching the second DVD-R? That sounds worth pursuing.
Thanks!
Jim
09-24-2011, 09:06 AM
Jeff Kilgore had a work around that involved running cables out the side of the MAC. so he bought an extra side panelt drille a hole and lined it wit rubber and voila. Then when its time to sell the mac he
will put back the original side panel so as not to void warranty. I think he actually ran the BM HDMI out the side. so it didnt take a slot.
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