On 2/17/24 13:45, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
On Friday 16 February 2024 04:42:12 pm Gremlin wrote:
On 2/16/24 13:56, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
On Friday 16 February 2024 04:52:22 am David Christensen wrote:
I think the Raspberry Pi, etc., users on this list live with USB storage
and have found it to be reliable enough for personal and SOHO network use.
I have one, haven't done much with it. Are there any alternative ways to interface storage? Maybe add SATA ports or something?
On raspberry Pi 1 to 4 No, you have a choice of USB 2 or USB 3
Looks like I'll have to go with a USB - SATA adapter, then. It's a 4, I bought the
"Canakit" package that included an enclosure, keyboard, mouse, and a small touch
screen (4"?).
Raspberry Pi 5 Yes with and NVME hat interfaced to the pcie "port"
I am using a Pi 5 (desktop) with USB 3 port hooked to an NVME external
drive and it works just fine.
It is much faster than the Pi 4 I was using because of the new "south
bridge"
I'm aware of the 5 having come out, but haven't explored the possibility of
getting one of those yet.
StarTech makes an excellent sata-III to usb3 adapter for about a tenner
a copy. So a 7 port hub takes up only 1 or the 4 usb3 ports on a bpi-m5,
leaving 3 more ports available on the bpi-m5 itself. See at <startech.com>
ssh into it from the Main system and run the pi headless.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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