Switching from TB to 10GbE...
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:00 am
After two years of a solid, stable and fast Thunderbolt connection between my QNAP TVS-872XT and my Mac Pro (trashcan, 2013), I am switching to 10GbE. In the latest Big Sur implementation the Thunderbolt Bridge I depended on for that to work, is completely screwed up, and Apple seems not to care - they certainly are not fixing it. I am not alone with the problem, but everyone affected seem to be using the Thunderbolt Bridge to direct connect to a QNAP NAS, and I am not holding my breath that Apple and/or QNAP will fix it anytime soon.
So, I am switching to a 10GbE direct connection, even if it is slower than the TB2 connection.
I use a Sonnet Echo Express III-D external PCIe expansion box for a few storage cards (a 1TB Accelsior and a 2x500GB Tempo Pro), and have one PCIe slot free. I have ordered a Sonnet Solo10G PCIe card, and I am upgrading my Echo Express to Thunderbolt 3 at the same time.
The setup will be:
QNAP -> Solo10G PCIe (using Cat. 6 ethernet)
Solo10G PCIe -> Mac Pro (using Thunderbolt 3 and an Apple TB3->TB2 adapter)
According to Sonnet this will work, any comments?
So, I am switching to a 10GbE direct connection, even if it is slower than the TB2 connection.
I use a Sonnet Echo Express III-D external PCIe expansion box for a few storage cards (a 1TB Accelsior and a 2x500GB Tempo Pro), and have one PCIe slot free. I have ordered a Sonnet Solo10G PCIe card, and I am upgrading my Echo Express to Thunderbolt 3 at the same time.
The setup will be:
QNAP -> Solo10G PCIe (using Cat. 6 ethernet)
Solo10G PCIe -> Mac Pro (using Thunderbolt 3 and an Apple TB3->TB2 adapter)
According to Sonnet this will work, any comments?