“The 2017 iMac Pro features four Thunderbolt 3 ports which have several uses. One of those uses involves external storage,” Rob Art Morgan writes for Bare Feats. “We benchmarked a few of the newest and fastest PCIe based external storage devices.”
“The best thing we learned was that the 2017 iMac Pro has dual Thunderbolt controllers for the four Thunderbolt Ports,” Morgan writes. “That’s great news! Why? When we striped dual AKiTiO Node boxes and plugged into separate TB3 ports on different TB3 controllers, that enabled us to break through the 2500MB/s single controller barrier to reach 4781MB/s!”
“You can have external Thunderbolt storage connected to your iMac Pro that equals or rivals the fast PCIe base flash internal storage. No matter what storage capacity in your iMac Pro, it’s nice to know there are speedy external options available,” Morgan writes. “They even come in BLACK so they want assault the Fung Shui of your Space Gray and Black Mac.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: They don’t call it “Pro” for nothin’!
SEE ALSO:
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Benchmarks: 8-core and 10-core iMac Pros running pro apps – January 11, 2018
iMac Pro PCIe-based flash storage: How fast versus other Macs? – January 5, 2018
Benchmark shootout: iMac Pro with Pro Vega 56 GPU versus optional Pro Vega 64 – January 4, 2018
Apple’s low-end 8-core iMac Pro benchmarked running pro apps – December 29, 2017
Low End iMac Pro versus two Mac Pros and one iMac 5K – December 27, 2017
Extrapolating iMac Pro GPU performance using RX Vega 64 – December 14, 2017
Apple’s monstrously potent iMac Pro is for these professional computer users – December 14, 2017
How pros are already using Apple’s powerful iMac Pro – December 14, 2017
Apple’s iMac Pro, the most powerful Mac ever made, is now available starting at $4,999 – December 14, 2017
I am absolutely loving my iMac pro. Switched to iOS development full time from just a hobby, and upgraded my aging MacBook Pro 2012. Night and day. Using an iMac pro for 3D rendering, animations, Xcode building, asset importing is like using an iPhone. Damn near instant. Its even better than the really high end PC workstations I’m accustomed to for Windows based dev work.
Yep a $5000 Mac that specs out like a $3000 PC.
What a deal.
Except that then you’ve used up most of the TB3 bandwidth making it difficult to add a couple monitors in addition for video editing.
Mac Pro it STILL is. Versatility is the desired goal though not saying the iMac Pro isn’t a formidable machine.
Old 2010 Classic Cheesegrater Mac Pro can still do about 5900MB/s via PCI card…
http://barefeats.com/hard210.html
So all that sound and fury and cost…signifying that it ‘aint’.
“Old 2010 Classic Cheesegrater Mac Pro can still do about 5900MB/s via PCI card…
http://barefeats.com/hard210.html
So all that sound and fury and cost…signifying that it ‘aint’.”
How much longer will MacOS support the cheese grater? Besides, there’s so much more to a computer’s performance than appears on the surface.
> How much longer will MacOS support the cheese grater?
That’s a fair point … but the counterpoint is to ask what’s in the latest versions of OS X that’s of value compelling for an Enterprise to update to?
FYI, a couple of years ago, I happened to notice a PowerMac G5 still in use in a industrial production setting. It was still plugging away doing its thing (IIRC hooked up to a million dollar electron microscope).
I would be more surprised if Apple releases a real Mac Pro.
SAS in a DELL can do 12GB/s (and can be configured in about 6 six different RAID setups). Another big “Who cares?” moment for Apple. Apple needs a truly expandable Pro model.