Fastest transfer possible between 2009 macpro and recent macbook pro?

[Loa]

Hello,

Title says it all. I was very disappointed with Airdrop speeds, and the different generations of connectors make any direct connection difficult / impossible.

Is there anything faster than Airdrop?

Thanks

 

[pastrychef]

Ethernet. 1GbE should get you approx 110-115MB/s.

 

[h9826790]

I think OSX can combine both Ethernet port together as a single connection (like the idea of software RAID 0). Which may able to provide up to ~200MB/s transfer rate.

I only have one Mac, so can't test it myself. Anyone have experience on this?

 

[rueyloon]

I think OSX can combine both Ethernet port together as a single connection (like the idea of software RAID 0). Which may able to provide up to ~200MB/s transfer rate.

I only have one Mac, so can't test it myself. Anyone have experience on this?

There is no increase in speed when using point to point. Using multiple connections is only meaningful for servers.

 

[pastrychef]

Link aggregation aka bonding won't help in single file transfers.

 

[vorkosigan1]

IF you're willing to update the firmware and turn it into a 5,1 so you can run Sierra (very easy to do, once you've read the directions a couple of times)...you could drop a USB 3.1 Gen2 PCIe card in there, and get 750MBps, real world.

 

[Plato65]

IF you're willing to update the firmware and turn it into a 5,1 so you can run Sierra (very easy to do, once you've read the directions a couple of times)...you could drop a USB 3.1 Gen2 PCIe card in there, and get 750MBps, real world.

Which card is that? There are other threads with people having difficulty going past 5Gb/s (~600MB/s).

 

[vorkosigan1]

Needs to be a Gen2 card with a Gen2 cable. I think the DigiCal cable is supposed to be good

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0157BS5D0/

Haven't tested it, but have read of people getting that speed. Even at 5Gbps, I don't know of a faster alternative to get data out of a cMP.

Which card is that? There are other threads with people having difficulty going past 5Gb/s (~600MB/s).

 

[rueyloon]

is it possible to create ethernet over USB3?

 

[Plato65]

I think the fastest, though quite expensive, way would be to get a 10GbE PCIe card in the Mac Pro and a Thunderbolt to 10GbE converter for the MacBook Pro. This should allow transfer speeds of ~1MB/s.

https://www.akitio.com/adapters/thunder2-10g-network-adapter

 

[rueyloon]

I think the fastest, though quite expensive, way would be to get a 10GbE PCIe card in the Mac Pro and a Thunderbolt to 10GbE converter for the MacBook Pro. This should allow transfer speeds of ~1MB/s.

https://www.akitio.com/adapters/thunder2-10g-network-adapter

WOW.... expensive....

 

[orph]

USB3 pci card in macpro to USB3 in laptop will be the simplest real world option.

a USB3 flash stick or drive is the simplest way to do it but you can go USB3-USB3 (or you can with usb2 so cant see why you cant with usb3)

i cant see that usb card on amazon uk

 

[thornslack]

Could you target disk mode and connect to USB 3 card?

 

[Squuiid]

Could you target disk mode and connect to USB 3 card?

If you set the MBP to be the target, yes.
[doublepost=1486474124][/doublepost]https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01C59TB0I/
or
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C59TB0I/

would also work I think. Can someone confirm?
You would need to flash 4,1-->5,1 in order to load Sierra and get native USB 3.1 on the ASM1142 chipset.

 

[Loa]

Thanks for the answers, but I'm trying to go very low budget. I've tried a caldigit usb3 card in the past, but returned it as it wasn't working very well, nor were the speeds all that impressive.

Also, not planning on going Sierra.

Thanks.