Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing

On Fri, 17 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:32:07 +0100, D wrote:
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I wonder if it would be possible to build a PB storage system for
archive use cases on a bunch of Pi 5? =) Does it have any good ways to
connect disks, or is it still only USB? I wonder how many disks per
system it could handle with confidence?

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https://smist08.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/raspberry-pi-5-with-ssd/
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The Pi 5 has a PCIe port and there are Raspberry and third party NMVe
solutions.
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Interesting! Thank you for the link. This could be a fun hobby project. I wonder if it would be possible, over time, to get it to such a state that someone might actually consider using it in production environments? With sounds and strong redundancy, maybe!