Remember the days of trying to find which FW drives used the Oxford chipset? Unfortunately I do. each manufacturer simply took an off-the-shelf FireWire bridge chipset and built a housing around it. This is similar to how there were so many dozens of FireWire drive housings etc. BlackMagic, and many (most) other drive housings / bays / raids / whatever use off-the-shelf SATA controller chips that then talk to TB, USB3, or whatever.
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Well the internal SSD on the Mac Pro is not a SATA drive - so it's not limited by any of the constraints that SATA may have. Some of those OWCs look real nice thanks!!! I like the 4 bay mini. I've bought stuff from them for years.I guess this is where I am confused.the internal Apple flash says it runs at 1200mb/s - what is the best speed I can get externally with TB and SSD? What speed is required for audio? i guess i am confused about speeds.i want the best because this mac will need to last about 4 years. They are very Mac-oriented and offer fast shipment and great return policies. OWC also make a wide variety of drive enclosures and ready-to-go Thunderbolt and USB3 SSD drives. OWC 7mm to 9.5mm Adapter / Spacer for 2.5" Drives in stock at OWC I probably will as they are only $3 each. I discovered this after I already had eight of the 850pro drives, and I have not yet gotten the little spacers. OWC sell little self-adhesive-backed plastic spacers that stick onto a 7mm drive to make it fit snugly in a 9.5mm slot. Note that the bays are sized for 9.5mm thick drives - some drives (like the Samsung 850pro) are 7mm thick, and this leaves a little bit of play to the fitment. I'm seeing around 370 mb/sec read and write per bay with Samsung 850pro 1tb SSD drives via TB2 on a 2013 Mac Pro cylinder. Ultra-solid build quality, designed for road-ready use. Each drive bay individually hot-swappable. No fan, totally silent if using SSD drives. 2x Thunderbolt 2 ports and IEC power inlet on rear. 4x 2.5" hot-swap drive bays with individual SATA controller chips. I (and some other folks) are using the BlackMagic MultiDock v2: