Raspberry Pi has announced the release of their own branded NVMe SSD, along with the SSD Kit that includes the M.2 HAT+ expansion board with an M.2 slot.
The arrival of the Raspberry Pi 5 with PCI Express ports opens up opportunities for a wide range of expansion devices. Raspberry Pi found that the most popular usage trend is connecting NVMe SSDs for increased storage capacity.
Previously, Raspberry Pi released the M.2 HAT+ expansion board for users to add SSDs themselves, but now they have introduced Raspberry Pi branded SSDs. These SSDs are available in two options: 256GB priced at $30 ($40 for the Kit) and 512GB priced at $45 ($55 for the Kit).
Performance:
256GB NVMe
– 40k IOPS (4kB random reads)
– 70k IOPS (4kB random writes)
512GB NVMe
– 50k IOPS (4kB random reads)
– 90k IOPS (4kB random writes)
Source: Raspberry Pi, OMG Ubuntu
TLDR: Raspberry Pi introduces their own NVMe SSDs and SSD Kits, providing users with high-performance storage solutions.
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