Thunderbolt and older DVI Apple display

Hi,
My current 15” MacBook Pro is linked to a Apple Cinema display using the mini DP to DVI adapter.
I’m considering a new MacBook Pro whose Thunderbolt port I understand supports data and video.
I understand that if I only replace the MacBook Pro then everything is fine (the mini DP adapter plugs into the Thunderbolt port).
However I’m thinking of maybe buying one of these Thurderbolt RAIDs and am wondering if a chain of:
MacBook Pro -> RAID -> Display
Would work?
I don’t really want to plug and unplug the RAID and display as required and I see no point in throwing out the current cinema display just to buy one with Thunderbolt as well.
Thoughts / Comments?
Regards,
Mark

After my post, I found this <<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4744?viewlocale=en_US>> so yes it “should” work.

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