Can I use my Old MacPro 1.1 2006 as an external enclosure??

As I am waiting for my new MacPro to arrive (Delivery on March) I start wondering if the 4 bays of the old MacPro could not be used as an external enclosure that I could connect  in some way to the New MacPro  and cont to use the 4 Sata drives that I have installed in each of the bays for media storage etc..
I don't know if this is possible via USB, Ethernet or Thunderbolt  connection and the drives would have to show up in the Finder window for Maverick on the new MacPro.  I don't even know if when I do the Migration when the new one arrives it will only do it in the boot drive.
I don't plan to get rid of my Old MacPro immediately'.
Any ideas if this is possible.... via connections, additional cards, or external equipment????
Your input will be greatly appreciated,
Thank You,
AppleLou

If your old Mac Pro is still running properly you can easily access the data it contains via ethernet. There are other possibilities, but ethernet is fast and easy and only requires a bit of Cat5 cable.
You need to understand that you will not see the access and transfer speeds of the new system, but you will have (relatively) slow storage on a 1Gbit/sec port.
All that is required is to connect the systems with a Cat5 (ethernet) cable via a (gigabit) switch if you are on a network or directly if it's just the two machines. Then just turn on file sharing and log on onto the old MP using its login and password. This will give you access to everything.
All this assumes that you're not in some huge corporate network since this kind of access scares IT security guys bats. But it's been working in my home studio since the turn of the century.
hope this helps

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