Got In My Pi5 SATA Hat - Testing Proceeds Tomorrow

My Pi5 SATA hat came in - and I have two 2.5" drives,
so far - an SSD and a WD Black magnetic.
It's CALLED a "Penta-Hat" but only has 4 plugs actually
on the board - plus an E-SATA plug, which makes five.
There are some stand-off headers and some plastic things
that kinda hold/stabilize the drives. The thing is a
bit top-heavy, so I may need to attach some kind of
more stable base/box.
I *think* it also works with a Rock-5 ... and a second
PCIe cable is provided.
The 12v/5A power supply is actually just for if you want
to use the e-SATA. I've GOT one. There's a chart on the
(not included) manual showing how many watts SSDs and
magnetics use. For all SSDs the 27w standard P5 power
supply OUGHT to do. The e-SATA cable IS provided.
There's a ribbon cable for connecting the PCIE port
on the P5 to the board. Also plugs into the main
hat connector, maybe more for power than anything else.
The CanaKit heat sink required three little tabs to be
clipped short so the 12v connector would fit down right.
Put the latest OpenMediaVault distro on a card, they
claim it will boot on a P5. OMV has become a pretty
good little NAS system, I've used it professionally.
Yep, as confusing to set up, esp permissions, as
other NAS systems.
Tomorrow - ok today since it's so damned late - I'll
boot the card and hopefully get it going. There are
some Linux utilities that can give me some idea
about throughput.
Immediate, easy, goal ... use the SSD as the main
drive and just write a dinky script using rsync
to update the magnetic a few times a day. Not
elegant/sophisticated but it'll work and provide
redundant storage. Some might want RAID, but
there are plusses and minuses in RAID setups.
Will add a couple more SSDs later once I pay
down my credit card.
This I will plug into my hub directly, but since
all but one the devices I'll be saving FROM are
all wireless there's not gonna be huge speed
savings there.
Anyway, fairly cheap on Amazon.
Oh, what IS it with PI hats ... the plugs never
accomodate a 2rd hat. Arduino stuff can be a bit
better in this respect.
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