New iMac 27-inch: 3.4GHz Periferal questions

I am considering this new iMac, 27-inch: 3.4GHz. I have a late 2009 mac pro 8 core 2.26GHz with 6GB of Ram and is loaded with SATA hard drives. I have a lot of video on the HDs and want to see if
1. is an inexpensive way or a JOB array so I can access my data via dual thunderbolt.
2. I have a FW800/ESATA 1TB external drive that I want to access.
3. I also have a 30 inch cine display from 2006
4. Finally if have a Presonus FW800 Firestudio that I need to interface
I know this is a lot, but is there an all in one thunderbolt to FW, ESATA and monitor adapter.
I also want to know if anyone can speculate on how much faster this new iMac will be compared to my 2009 mac pro. I am not ready to pay the money for the new Mac Pro, because I don't of a lot of video editing any longer and read a review that the iMac can handle so pretty heavy video editing.
Thanks in advance.

Daisy chain the two FireWire 800 devices and connect them to one Thunderbolt port with this http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD464ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapte r?fnode=51
Then find the correct adapter for your display(I don't know what the cine display uses or I'd link to it) and connect it to the other thunderbolt port.
Seems easy to me but I may be missing something?

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