Thunderbolt to USB

[monkey10120]

So one of our departments ordered a thunderbolt only external 12TB raid drive to be used with the Mac. I told them when they got it that it will only work with the mac and none of the pcs in the building. But a few weeks later they come back and say we need it for the pc too. 

 

So I went looking for some thunderbolt to usb adapters but nothing comes up. I can find female usb hubs to thunderbolt but that is it, I just cant find a thunderbolt to usb adapter. I even tried finding PCIE thunderbolt cards but no luck. 

 

Anyone know what to do next? My next plan is to order the USB hub to thunderbolt and buy a male to male USB and pray it works.

[W-L]

-SNIP-

 

I don't think that exists, but if you want a thunderbolt ready or capable motherboard something like the Asus Z97-A works but you require the add in card to have that option usable.

[BrinkGG]

So one of our departments ordered a thunderbolt only external 12TB raid drive to be used with the Mac. I told them when they got it that it will only work with the mac and none of the pcs in the building. But a few weeks later they come back and say we need it for the pc too. 

 

So I went looking for some thunderbolt to usb adapters but nothing comes up. I can find female usb hubs to thunderbolt but that is it, I just cant find a thunderbolt to usb adapter. I even tried finding PCIE thunderbolt cards but no luck. 

 

Anyone know what to do next? My next plan is to order the USB hub to thunderbolt and buy a male to male USB and pray it works.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995027&cm_re=pcie_thunderbolt-_-13-995-027-_-Product

[ALwin]

Thunderbolt to USB adapters do not exist at the moment, because Thunderbolt is designed to do more than what USB can do, it would be like trying to adapt a PCIe device to connect via USB 1.

 

Maybe they can network the Thunderbolt drives via the Mac to the PCs.

[BrinkGG]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995027&cm_re=pcie_thunderbolt-_-13-995-027-_-Product

This does need a Asus Z97 mobo with compatibility though... 

 

I don't think that exists, but if you want a thunderbolt ready or capable motherboard something like the Asus Z97-A works but you require the add in card to have that option usable.

You nailed it. 

[ALwin]

Anyone know what to do next? My next plan is to order the USB hub to thunderbolt and buy a male to male USB and pray it works.

 

It won't work.  Others have had your issue.

 

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6773598?tstart=0

 

EDIT: What file system is that thunderbolt drive using?  HFS or NTFS or ExFat?

[monkey10120]

Thanks for the quick replies guys! The answers were pretty much what I thought it was going to be. Thunderbolt being so rare its really the first thing I had to ask about.

 

 

I don't think that exists, but if you want a thunderbolt ready or capable motherboard something like the Asus Z97-A works but you require the add in card to have that option usable.

 

If this wasn't a work machine then I would grab one. The original idea was for me to build a pc to meet their needs but they said never mind, we will just buy a mac. And now we are here

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995027&cm_re=pcie_thunderbolt-_-13-995-027-_-Product

 

I saw that earlier but you at least need a TB header

 

Thunderbolt to USB adapters do not exist at the moment, because Thunderbolt is designed to do more than what USB can do, it would be like trying to adapt a PCIe device to connect via USB 1.

 

Maybe they can network the Thunderbolt drives via the Mac to the PCs.

 

I brought it up until the network team said no. With the amount of traffic we have, videos and photos would kill our switch. 

 

It won't work.  Others have had your issue.

 

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6773598?tstart=0

 

EDIT: What file system is that thunderbolt drive using?  HFS or NTFS or ExFat?

 

Its under HFS. I want to format it to NTFS but with no way hook it to the pc I won't bother .

 

As if right now they have a $3000 brick sitting I there. I warned them.

[ALwin]

I warned them.

 

Been there myself a few times.