On 2/10/22 02:12, gene heskett wrote:
On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 06:50:49PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
I am looking for a small (~16 GB), low power, high-endurance, solid-state storage device with a USB 1.0/1.1/2.0/3.0+ type-A plug, powered by a USB 1.0/1.1/2.0/3.0+ type-A receptacle, which is designed to be used as a system drive. I would use it to install and run commercial and FOSS OS's (Windows, macOS, Debian and FreeBSD) on SBC's, laptops, tablets, desktops, workstations, servers, etc..
As an alternative, StarTech makes two USB to sata adapter/ cables. I need to do more search to see if my SSD's are compatible: https://www.startech.com/en-us/hdd/usb3s2sat3cbI think its this one or maybe a predesessor that I have 2 of plugged into my rpi4, used as a kernel and LinuxCNC development system with a total of 360G of SSD storage. The pi's swap has been moved to them also. They have Just Worked now for close to 2 years. Plugged unto the rpi4's usb-3 ports, the speed limit is the pi, not the drives. Either speed tests at just under 600mbytes/second, on the pi. Generally, I've found startech stuff to be as advertised, it just works.
Okay. David