Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:43 am
Brian Poe wrote:I am contemplating the purchase of a MultiDock and notice that it has two Thunderbolt ports. Can I connect both a PC and Mac computer simultaneously? Can both access the drives simultaneously or would only one unit at a time? Do the drives need to be formatted in a specific manner to be accessible to both?
I also have a MultiDock, but I wouldn't dream of connecting it to two separate devices. It might even invalidate any warranty!
The two Thunderbolt ports are there for daisy-chaining Thunderbolt connected devices, not for serving two separate computers. If you need to share storage, consider buying a NAS (Network Attached Storage) drive system instead.
Blackmagic Teranex 2D, Ultrastudio Express, Intensity Shuttle (Thunderbolt), Two H.264 Pro Recorders (Mac OSX) & lots of old VTRs used for digital archiving of legacy video formats for major libraries, broadcasters, universities and public archives.