Thunderlink

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{{Short description|Legacy expansion adapter for the Thunderbolt computer bus interface}}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.{{cite web|url=http://www.syntechsa.co.za/atto-thunderlink-adapters/|title=ATTO Introduces Thunderlink Adapters for Thunderbolt Users}}

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.{{cite press release|url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/08/24/1100021/0/en/ATTO-ThunderLink-enables-VMware-ESXi-for-Mac-Pro.html|title=ATTO ThunderLink® enables VMware® ESXi™ for Mac Pro®|date=24 August 2017}}