Q: one thunderbolt drive shared between two computers

Whats the best way to streamline the process of having an imac and a MBP and wanting to edit multiple final cut pro projects off the same drive at the same time on two different computers.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Dec 2, 2015 8:03 AM

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Tom Wolsky Dec 2, 2015 8:14 AM in response to rstark86
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Dec 2, 2015 8:14 AM in response to rstark86

CCan't do it off one drive. You'd need a SAN. Both editors can't open the same library at the same time.
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rstark86 Dec 2, 2015 8:19 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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Dec 2, 2015 8:19 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

so I need a storage Area network, how do i build that And what pieces do I need. I understand we can't open same library, that part made sense. We use internal hard drives docked into a two bay thunderbokt dock currently with one thunderbolt plug.
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Tom Wolsky Dec 2, 2015 8:34 AM in response to rstark86
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Dec 2, 2015 8:34 AM in response to rstark86

TThis should get you started

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-howto/31500-build-your-own-fibre-channel- san-for-less-than-1000-part-2
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