So, I have a TB4 port on the laptop and ordered a TB4 AIC for the server.
Now, the problem is how to test / verify. The current enclosure works great but it's a C-10gbps that gets full 1GB/s.
Well, that's nice and all but, TB3/4 should hit ~2GB/s+ and require different HW.
I would prefer to forego the TB3 option as it's rated for 22gbps and TB4 is 32gbps and supposed to roll in USB support w/o a bridge chip.
Also, TB4 should bring prices down w/o the royalty to Intel for licensing / certification.
The next thing coming to mind is whether or not OEM's will be adding Gen4 support to max out the theoretical 5GB/s possible as TB3 uses a Gen3 interface on the board.
I've been down the rabbit hole looking at enclosures and the best I can tell is there's 2 types. TB only and TB+USB-10gbps. Obviously USB is important for using it on other systems that don't have TB.
The speed difference between enclosures seems more related to the drive being used rather than a technical limitation of the controller. Though I've seen plenty of OWC enclosures using 6th gen TB controllers while more recent using the prior 7th gen controller. Seems in ~2 years time since the current 8th gen controller has been released by Intel no one has made a product yet and on the USB4 side ASM4242 likely won't be released until the fall.
I guess since up until recently TB has been mostly a MAC enthusiast / needed option since they typically can't crack open a case and add anything themselves. Hopefully being more open sourced and deployed on more PC based systems things will change where the pricing for an enclosure drops from ~$130 average down to USB like prices closer to $50. I paid $50 for the TB4 AIC used off Amazon figuring some idiot couldn't figure out how to cable it and turn on the features int he bios to make it work or expected it to exceed the speed of whatever they were trying to connect to it. Which leads to another issue I have with TB is the inconsistency of the connections needed varies by which OEM makes the card / MOBO. Asus uses a 14-pin / Gigabyte 5+3 pin / ASRock 5-pin. So,, I have an ASR MOBO w/ a 5-pin but the market is dry for ASR AIC's and they only provide 27W of power on the ports which is kind of dumb. The card I have enroute though is the GB Maple Ridge with the 2 x 6 pin power ports to provide 100W of PD. I dug through everything I could to figure out what the addition 3-pin is used for and couldn't find any documentation on it anywhere. Maybe it's a legacy connection being used for some security protocol or hot-plug or ? *shrug*
Long story short.... any recommendations on enclosures? Any insider info on TB4? USB4 specs beyond bundling USB + TB into the same connector / waiving the royalty fee?
Now, the problem is how to test / verify. The current enclosure works great but it's a C-10gbps that gets full 1GB/s.
Well, that's nice and all but, TB3/4 should hit ~2GB/s+ and require different HW.
I would prefer to forego the TB3 option as it's rated for 22gbps and TB4 is 32gbps and supposed to roll in USB support w/o a bridge chip.
Also, TB4 should bring prices down w/o the royalty to Intel for licensing / certification.
The next thing coming to mind is whether or not OEM's will be adding Gen4 support to max out the theoretical 5GB/s possible as TB3 uses a Gen3 interface on the board.
I've been down the rabbit hole looking at enclosures and the best I can tell is there's 2 types. TB only and TB+USB-10gbps. Obviously USB is important for using it on other systems that don't have TB.
The speed difference between enclosures seems more related to the drive being used rather than a technical limitation of the controller. Though I've seen plenty of OWC enclosures using 6th gen TB controllers while more recent using the prior 7th gen controller. Seems in ~2 years time since the current 8th gen controller has been released by Intel no one has made a product yet and on the USB4 side ASM4242 likely won't be released until the fall.
I guess since up until recently TB has been mostly a MAC enthusiast / needed option since they typically can't crack open a case and add anything themselves. Hopefully being more open sourced and deployed on more PC based systems things will change where the pricing for an enclosure drops from ~$130 average down to USB like prices closer to $50. I paid $50 for the TB4 AIC used off Amazon figuring some idiot couldn't figure out how to cable it and turn on the features int he bios to make it work or expected it to exceed the speed of whatever they were trying to connect to it. Which leads to another issue I have with TB is the inconsistency of the connections needed varies by which OEM makes the card / MOBO. Asus uses a 14-pin / Gigabyte 5+3 pin / ASRock 5-pin. So,, I have an ASR MOBO w/ a 5-pin but the market is dry for ASR AIC's and they only provide 27W of power on the ports which is kind of dumb. The card I have enroute though is the GB Maple Ridge with the 2 x 6 pin power ports to provide 100W of PD. I dug through everything I could to figure out what the addition 3-pin is used for and couldn't find any documentation on it anywhere. Maybe it's a legacy connection being used for some security protocol or hot-plug or ? *shrug*
Long story short.... any recommendations on enclosures? Any insider info on TB4? USB4 specs beyond bundling USB + TB into the same connector / waiving the royalty fee?