Older MacPro as an External Hard Drive

Greetings
I recently moved from my 2010 MacPro to an iMac. Since the MacPro has 4 hard drive bays I was thinking of using the MacPro as an "external" hard drive. I can access the drives thru my ethernet network but I was wondering if there is a more direct (and faster) route? Thank You in advance.
David

David Ramsey2 wrote:
I am trying to figure out the fastest connection between the iMac and MacPro.
David,
That question has been answered, you already have it... continue using Ethernet.

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