Daisy Chain Thunderbolt Question

[PaystarCEO]

I have 2 Seagate 4TB External HD with Thunderbolt.
Currently I am set up as follows:

iMac > thunderbolt cable > 4TB HD
> thunderbolt cable > 4TB HD

Looking to Daisy Chain them:

iMac > thunderbolt cable > 4TB HD > thunderbolt cable > 4TB HD

Any performance issues/changes?
Can I still transfer files directly between HD's?

Thank you!

 

[chevelleguy3]

Daisy chaining them works just fine

I run mine like this:

rMBP > Thunderbolt display > Thunderbolt display > LaCie 20TB > LaCie 6TB > LaCie 4TB

I haven't had any performance issues and I transfer data regularly to all 3 drives.

 

[PaystarCEO]

Thank you.

Curious - if we can daisy chain the Thunderbolt HD's, what is the advantage of having a Thunderbolt Hub?

Daisy chaining them works just fine

I run mine like this:

rMBP > Thunderbolt display > Thunderbolt display > LaCie 20TB > LaCie 6TB > LaCie 4TB

I haven't had any performance issues and I transfer data regularly to all 3 drives.

 

[smellalot]

Thank you.

Curious - if we can daisy chain the Thunderbolt HD's, what is the advantage of having a Thunderbolt Hub?

There is no such thing. Thunderbolt 'hubs' offer one TB IN and one TB OUT for daisy chaining. And in addition to that USB, sound etc.

 

[MCAsan]

Thunderbolt, like Firewire before it, and SCSI before that....are designed for changing devices. That is different from USB where hubs offer multiple ports in parallel.

The Apple Thunderbolt Display acts as a "hub" for non-TB ports. Inside the ATD different types of ports (ethernet, USB, FW) are multiplexed onto the Thunderbolt bus. But from the Thunderbolt bus perspective, the ATD is just one device.