Re: M.2 storage expansion for RPI 4 (and maybe other boards)

From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:05:00 UTC
On Jul 31, 2024, at 05:39, Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> wrote:

> From bsdnow I've read about a M.2 expansion board that I'm looking for.
> ( https://www.bsdnow.tv/569?utm_source=bsdweekly )
> 
> The board is https://geekworm.com/products/x862 that it is compatible with M.2 NGFF SATA SSDs only, not compatible with NVMe M.2 SSDs, so disk should be choosed carefully.

After you add a M.2 NGFF SATA SSD, the https://geekworm.com/products/x862
provides you a USB3 external SSD disk for the RPi4B.

> Currently using a USB3 external SSD disk, should I expect a great performance improvement?

The performance will likely depend on the M.2 NGFF SATA SSD that
you add vs. whatever your existing USB3 external SSD disk is based
on, at least in part.

> If anyone have experience with other boards please let me know.



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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com