Thunderbolt 1 drive enclosure to USB

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llama233

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#289085 11-Aug-2021 15:23

Hey everyone,

I've inherited an old Promise Pegasus R4 Thunderbolt drive enclosure from work with 16TB of drives in it. The problem is the enclosure only has Thunderbolt 1/2 connectivity and I no longer have anything I can plug that into (my MacBook only has thunderbolt 3/USB C, and my Raspberry Pi "server" only has USB-A).

Is there a dock or similar that can plug into a host using USB-A (ideally) or USB-C that can plug into the enclosure using Thunderbolt?

Cheers,

Andrew

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#2758663 11-Aug-2021 16:13

Easy solution: https://www.apple.com/nz/shop/product/MMEL2AM/A/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-adapter

IIRC, Thunderbolt and USB are vastly different protocols. The waters feel a little muddied by Thunderbolt 3 sharing the USB-C plug these days, but i one search a while back I was unable to locate a USB2 to Thunderbolt2 adapter.

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#2758928 12-Aug-2021 09:59

Thanks Dynamic, you're right, I was getting confused between the data protocol (TB vs USB) and the actual plug standard so I thought there was some sort of cable or adapter that would change between the two. TB2 to TB3 adapter does indeed seem like the easiest solution. Thanks!