Thunderbolt Splitter or Thunderbolt Hub

AntonWebern · Oct 14, 2012, 08:17 PM

There are many ways for a thunderbolt chain to come to an end, e.g. Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter, Thunderbolt to Mini Display Port adapter, Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter.

I can't seem to find a Thunderbolt Splitter or Hub anywhere. There are some hubs that add usb ports, but none of them appear to actually multiply the number of Thunderbolt dead-ends you can have.

Please note: everyone knows Thunderbolt is designed to daisy-chain. The point is there are many items that will end the chain, so a splitters are still required so long as you have more chain-ending-items than you do Thunderbolt daisy chains.

sevimli · Oct 14, 2012, 10:27 PM

Your only choice is Apple TB display. Sad but true...

Darby67 · Oct 15, 2012, 12:11 AM

I have one of these, works well.

http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10574

AntonWebern · Oct 16, 2012, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darby67

I have one of these, works well.

http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10574

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately it only has 2 Thunderbolt ports. Wish there was something with 3 or more Thunderbolt ports on it.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sevimli

Your only choice is Apple TB display. Sad but true...

I wonder if there is some sort of licensing restriction at play... I wouldn't be surprised if Apple has some mechanism for banning Thunderbolt splitting devices so that

can sell more Thunderbolt displays.

thedarkhorse · Oct 16, 2012, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by sevimli

Your only choice is Apple TB display. Sad but true...

The thunderbolt display only has 1 thunderbolt port...

RealEyes · Oct 16, 2012, 01:07 AM

Belkin is coming out with one early next year.

Here it is.

alphaod · Oct 16, 2012, 08:12 AM

You can't just expect people to be able to make a hub for a technology that based on daisy-chaining topology.

spoonie1972 · Oct 16, 2012, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by RealEyes

Belkin is coming out with one early next year.

Here it is.

hopefully they can reign in the price.

also, uses 6amps? wow.

AntonWebern · Oct 18, 2012, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RealEyes

Belkin is coming out with one early next year.

Here it is.

Nope, it only has 2 Thunderbolt ports... I guess with the Belkin though you could make your monitors the end of the chain and the Belkin handles most other chain-ending situations such as TB->Ethernet, TB->Firewire. That Belkin unit would have been way more boss if it just had say two more Thunderbolt ports on it.

mzn50 · Dec 3, 2012, 08:13 AM

So question.. I have a Promise technology Pegausus R 4 SAN.. and it only has 1 Thunderbolt input and a daisy chain.. I wanted to add my other Mac to it.. but no go.. I tried to via network.. connected fine via the Network.. but S-L-O-W .. my backup was calculated at 29 days for 250GB .. brutal..Apple support says nothing can be done..(TimeMachine)

So back to the HUB.. I want to get a hub with 2 thunderbolt inputs and one OUT to the SAN ..will that work ?

the LaCie eSATA Hub is just that .. a hub for eSATA.. and the Belkin only has 1 port in ?

any way to trick these out ? or another option ?

thanks !

Stetrain · Dec 3, 2012, 09:23 AM

As far as I know it just isn't something that's supported by the Thunderbolt standard (which, by the way, is Intel's, not Apple's):

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/...ogy-brief.html

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mzn50 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	So question.. I have a Promise technology Pegausus R 4 SAN.. and it only has 1 Thunderbolt input and a daisy chain.. I wanted to add my other Mac to it.. but no go.. I tried to via network.. connected fine via the Network.. but S-L-O-W .. my backup was calculated at 29 days for 250GB .. brutal..Apple support says nothing can be done..(TimeMachine) So back to the HUB.. I want to get a hub with 2 thunderbolt inputs and one OUT to the SAN ..will that work ? the LaCie eSATA Hub is just that .. a hub for eSATA.. and the Belkin only has 1 port in ? any way to trick these out ? or another option ? thanks !
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Stetrain macrumors 68030 Join Date: Feb 2009	As far as I know it just isn't something that's supported by the Thunderbolt standard (which, by the way, is Intel's, not Apple's): http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/...ogy-brief.html
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