ThunderLink is a legacy expansion adapter for the Thunderbolt computer bus interface, which added support for SAS, SATA, fibre optic and Ethernet interfaces.
The adapter could support throughput speeds of up to 10Gb/s.1
ATTO Technology ThunderLink devices were a purpose-built Thunderbolt product designed to connect virtualized Mac hardware to 16Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel storage solutions within VMware VSphere environments.
This provided a solution for Apple technologies application development and testing environments, virtual desktop infrastructure and cloud hosting or shared private cloud.2
References
References
- "ATTO Introduces Thunderlink Adapters for Thunderbolt Users".
- "ATTO ThunderLink® enables VMware® ESXi™ for Mac Pro®" (Press release). 24 August 2017.