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. -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin
