Subj : Re: Raspberry Pi
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Tracker1
Date : Tue May 02 2023 00:35:59

 PF> To UG's point, it would be a nice challenge to make a home network run
 PF> on a Pi - run a BBS, some home apps, maybe do some streaming, run a
 PF> small web site... the only thing that bugs me about pis was not being
 PF> able to use SATA for booting/storage. I hear that's resolved and I've
 PF> seen some interesting pi cases that hold an nvme.

I wouldn't bother with nvme... the DeskPi case can do straight SATA (SSD) or SATA m.2.  It uses a bridge to one of the USB3 ports and works pretty well.  I've actually got three of them with 8gb rpi4 and ~480gb drives.  Had intended to play with Kubernetes on them, but never got around to it.

Keep telling myself I should sell them before pricing returns to normal.  Only advice I have is get a 3.5-4A power cable...  I'm partial to the Argon one myself... with the SATA drive connected you'll get the power warning all the time if you don't have a good power supply.
  
   
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