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Accidents happen where life happens. Protect your favorite Adorama products and purchase a protection plan to stay covered from accidental damage, mechanical or electrical failure, and more.
If we can’t fix it, we’ll replace it at no additional cost.
Protect your product from drops, spills, and more.
Enjoy your gear without fear. We have you covered!
When regular use of your product over time results in mechanical or electrical failure.
We will never charge you a deductible after the purchase of a plan.
Our claims process is simple & easy and our customer service team is happy to help.
Adorama Protect powered by Extend is available for purchase to customers in the United States. Not available for purchase Internationally or in U.S. Territories.
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Thunderbolt 2 to 8 Gigabit Fibre Channel Desklink Devices provide maximum throughput for high bandwidth network connectivity for demanding IT and media and entertainment applications.
Dual 8Gb Fibre Channel ports
(2) SFP+ LC optical modules included
Supports 4K video file transfer and display simultaneously with dual 20Gb/s Thunderbolt 2
Daisy chain up to 5 additional Thunderbolt technology-enabled devices
Backwards compatible with 10Gb/s Thunderbolt
Complete SAN connectivity when combined with ATTO FibreConnect Fibre Channel switches
3-year standard product warranty
RoHS Compliant
Auto Negotiation to 8Gb, 4Gb and 2Gb devices
Supports arbitrated loop, point-to-point and direct fabric/switch attach
ANSI Fibre Channel: FC-FS, FCP, FCAL, FC-AL2, FC-PLDA, FC-FLA
Flash ROM for easy field upgrades
FC Class 3 Support
Buffer Credits: 81
Software RAID support with ATTO's
Power Center software
Supports FDMI and WMI
Supports NPIV and Virtual Fabric
Industry Proven Technology
ATTO has over 25 years of experience developing first-to-market high performance and reliable storage connectivity solutions for customers. ATTO ThunderLink Fibre Channel products now provide creative professionals using Thunderbolt-enabled hosts, cost effective access to storage not previously available using FireWire or USB. The integrated family of ThunderLink products boasts an extensive list of customer design wins and certifications with respected industry partners.
Flexible Connectivity Solutions
With dual channel configuration and support for load balancing and failover, the 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Desklink Devices are an ideal solution for users looking to achieve the highest I/O and data throughput for advanced video and access to IT applications. ThunderLink 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Desklink Devices can support both local and storage area networks for Mac OS X 10.9 and later and Windows 7 and later platforms (Linux when Thunderbolt enabled platforms become available), providing a single connectivity solution for customers with heterogeneous operating system environments.
Performance Engineered
Fibre Channel Desklink Devices are designed to provide fast, redundant and highly available connectivity to Fibre Channel storage and are engineered to manage latency for real-time applications. ATTO's exclusive Advanced Data Streaming (ADS) technology provides controlled acceleration of data to deliver the highest consistent performance and reliable data transfers for video editing, digital audio, video on demand or database applications. ATTO pays close attention to detail in board design and signal integrity to minimize transmission errors and data corruption. Specialized Fibre Channel drivers with support for multipathing make ATTO the premier choice for high-performance Fibre Channel SAN connectivity.
Advanced Management Tools
ATTO's easy-to-use ConfigTool features an intuitive GUI that simplifies the installation, management and monitoring of the Desklink Device. With advanced troubleshooting and performance tuning capabilities, ConfigTool provides users with sophisticated diagnostics and the flexibility to control settings for specific applications.
MultiPath Director
High-availability storage connectivity solution for a wide array of certified enterprise-class storage systems from leading storage providers
Multiple paths to storage for improved data integrity and reliability
Applications
ATTO ThunderLink Fibre Channel Desklink Devices deliver high-performance and reliable connectivity solutions for the most demanding storage environments, including digital content creation, tape streaming and backup, rich content delivery, server clustering and complex databases. ATTO ThunderLink FC 2082 products enable users to achieve the ultimate in I/O performance for real-time and transactional applications.
Advanced Software Features
Adaptive load balancing
User Benefits
Superior performance for a wide range of applications
Low power consumption
Increased switch port availability
Reduced cost per MB of data transferred
Seamless integration into existing FC SANs
Support for virtualized server environments
Extensive certification with SAN infrastructure components