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Q: Peer 2 Peer and Thunderbolt

Dear Apple:

 

Please unleash the power of Thunderbolt for P2P connections.  I understand it is possible but the software throttles to where theres no point.

 

I am a developer working on "bargain" cluster computing software for a specific academic task.  I got excited when I heard about Thunderbolt as the ability to transfer data to other computers is vital - Thunderbolt is one of the reasons I decided to make my software Mac only.  Now I understand a major reason I chose Apple to do it is not valid.  For now I will stick with slower P2P, but the speed of the P2P is a potential bottleneck.

 

My vision is that the academic researcher can add/subtract Mac Minis as needed to increase power.  These tasks have to be done in real time or they are not useful.  That is why I was drawn to the speed of Thunderbolt.

Posted on Sep 3, 2013 8:34 AM

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  • by K T,

    K T K T Sep 3, 2013 8:38 AM in response to stratozyck
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    Sep 3, 2013 8:38 AM in response to stratozyck

    stratozyck wrote:

     

    Dear Apple:

     

    Please unleash the power of Thunderbolt for P2P connections. 

     

    Apple doesn't monitor these forums. As always feel free to use Report a Bug for any fixes, samples, doc errors/additions, feature requests or enhancements you'd like to see as well. Include detailed information of the issue, including the system and developer tools version information, and any relevant crash logs or console messages. Each top level issue deserves a unique report. Duplicates - understand that Apple uses "amount of duplication" in bug reports as a way to gauge the 'severity' of an issue.


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  • by pnosko,

    pnosko pnosko Feb 12, 2014 7:46 AM in response to stratozyck
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    Feb 12, 2014 7:46 AM in response to stratozyck

    I just tried this and it is easy but a little misleading. I have an iMac and a MacBook Pro. With both up and running on wireless, I connected them via a thunderbolt cable and turned off Airport on the MacBook. On both machines, the Networking preferences show a thunderbolt bridge with a self-assigned IP and a yellow indicator-- the misleading part. But I could still see my iMac over this thunderbolt bridge, and copied a 6.32gb folder structure to the MacBook in 10.67 seconds. It was awesome!