Official Raspberry Pi SSD and official SSD and M.2 HAT set also available
The M.2 NVMe SSD ' Raspberry Pi SSD ' has been released under the Raspberry Pi brand. In addition, the ' Raspberry Pi SSD Kit ' is also available, which includes the 'Raspberry Pi SSD' and the 'Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+'.
Raspberry Pi SSDs and SSD Kits on sale now - Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi SSD – Raspberry Pi
https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/ssd/
Raspberry Pi SSD Kit – Raspberry Pi
https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/ssd-kit/
Raspberry Pi is a single-board computer that packs all the parts necessary for a PC, such as the CPU and memory, onto a single board, and the Raspberry Pi 5, which was released in 2023, supports PCIe connections and can boot the OS from an SSD. In the following article, you can see the steps and effects of booting the OS from an SSD using a third-party SSD or M.2 connection HAT.
How to connect an M.2 SSD to a Raspberry Pi 5 and set it as a boot disk, and also check the compatibility of SSDs and the difference in transfer speed for each SSD - GIGAZINE
The Raspberry Pi development team announced the official M.2 connection HAT 'Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT +' in May 2024, which created an environment in which M.2 connection devices such as SSDs could be easily attached. Then, on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, the official SSD 'Raspberry Pi SSD' was announced, making it easier to build an SSD boot environment.
The Raspberry Pi SSD looks like this. The form factor is 'M.2 2230', and it is a size that does not protrude from the Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT +. It comes in two capacities, 256GB and 512GB, and is compliant with the PCIe Gen 3 standard.
The number of reads and writes per second (IOPS) varies depending on the storage capacity. The IOPS for 4kB random reads and writes are as follows:
| Storage capacity | 256GB | 512GB |
|---|---|---|
| 4kB random read | 40k IOPS | 70k IOPS |
| 4kB random write | 50k IOPS | 90k IOPS |
In addition, to coincide with the announcement of the Raspberry Pi SSD, the 'Raspberry Pi SSD Kit' has also been released, which includes the 'Raspberry Pi SSD' and the 'Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+'.
The Raspberry Pi SSD is $30 (approximately 4,600 yen) for the 256GB model and $45 (approximately 6,900 yen) for the 512GB model. The Raspberry Pi SSD Kit is $40 (6,100 yen) for the 256GB model and $55 (8,400 yen) for the 512GB model. The 256GB model has already started shipping, and the 512GB model is scheduled to start shipping in November 2024.
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We have published a review article on actually installing a Raspberry Pi SSD into a Raspberry Pi 5.
Summary of steps to connect the official SSD to Raspberry Pi 5 and set it as a boot disk & speed comparison of SSD and microSD card - GIGAZINE
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