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A direct m.2 or sata slot so you don't have to deal with USB annoyances.

by novok 6y ago

justin66 6y ago
Since the Pi people finally got USB boot finished for the Pi 4, I'm not sure what USB annoyances are left to worry about? That's really why I asked the question. A USB 3 SSD seems about as trouble-free as a storage device can possibly be.
- the_pwner224 6y ago
  A M.2 SSD is more trouble free. I recently built a desktop computer. It uses a 6x6 inch mini-ITX motherboard. The motherboard has a CPU and 2 sticks of RAM in it, raising the height to about 2 inches. The SSD goes inside the motherboard in the M.2 slot. Aside from this 6x6x2" unit, the only other things are: - the gigantic graphics card - not necessary on these type of computers - the power supply unit - standard USB unit for these - and the CPU cooler which is a big hunk of metal sticking out and raising the total height to about 6 inches - again not necessary, maybe a tiny passive heatsink M.2 is faster and lets you put a tiny SSD (literally just a PCB with flash chips on it) inside the thing instead of having a large external USB SSD with a cable to connect. So in the end you have a super compact computer that is basically just one PCB with another PCB inside it and maybe a tiny heatsink.
  - justin66 6y ago
    It's a slightly different paradigm, that's for sure. It feels technically neater to interface a little more directly with the storage hardware. I'm not sure how much I'd give up for that, though. > having a large external USB SSD with a cable to connect. The Samsung t5 and t7 SSDs I'm using with RPi 4s are about the size of a credit card (a stack of five credit cards, I guess). The tiny, very solid flirc cases for the Pis aren't much bigger, and dissipate heat beautifully. I like this solution a lot more than I anticipated I would.
- novok 6y ago
  You have to do special config stuff to make it work, its not a default way to do things like an SD card or m2 card is on other SBCs. Also usb cables can get disconnected sometimes.
  - justin66 6y ago
    > You have to do special config stuff to make it work Flashing the newest firmware is about it, now.

A direct m.2 or sata slot so you don't have to deal with USB annoyances.

by novok 6y ago

A direct m.2 or sata slot so you don't have to deal with USB annoyances.

Since the Pi people finally got USB boot finished for the Pi 4, I'm not sure what USB annoyances are left to worry about? That's really why I asked the question. A USB 3 SSD seems about as trouble-free as a storage device can possibly be.

the_pwner224 6y ago
A M.2 SSD is more trouble free. I recently built a desktop computer. It uses a 6x6 inch mini-ITX motherboard. The motherboard has a CPU and 2 sticks of RAM in it, raising the height to about 2 inches. The SSD goes inside the motherboard in the M.2 slot. Aside from this 6x6x2" unit, the only other things are: - the gigantic graphics card - not necessary on these type of computers - the power supply unit - standard USB unit for these - and the CPU cooler which is a big hunk of metal sticking out and raising the total height to about 6 inches - again not necessary, maybe a tiny passive heatsink M.2 is faster and lets you put a tiny SSD (literally just a PCB with flash chips on it) inside the thing instead of having a large external USB SSD with a cable to connect. So in the end you have a super compact computer that is basically just one PCB with another PCB inside it and maybe a tiny heatsink.
- justin66 6y ago
  It's a slightly different paradigm, that's for sure. It feels technically neater to interface a little more directly with the storage hardware. I'm not sure how much I'd give up for that, though. > having a large external USB SSD with a cable to connect. The Samsung t5 and t7 SSDs I'm using with RPi 4s are about the size of a credit card (a stack of five credit cards, I guess). The tiny, very solid flirc cases for the Pis aren't much bigger, and dissipate heat beautifully. I like this solution a lot more than I anticipated I would.
novok 6y ago
You have to do special config stuff to make it work, its not a default way to do things like an SD card or m2 card is on other SBCs. Also usb cables can get disconnected sometimes.
- justin66 6y ago
  > You have to do special config stuff to make it work Flashing the newest firmware is about it, now.