High performance professional bullet proof Mac setup

With the new paradigm of having the macpro close to you (because it’s silent) you might want to take a look at sonnet thunderbolt to fiber converters, so that you can put your noisy drives in a machine room.
It does cost an eye, though…
SNS is the way, but it does really cost a lot and it’s more intended for multiple studios using shared workspaces…
Not a lot of non-expensive solutions here, right ?