12 PCI Express M.2 Slots on a Raspberry Pi!?

12 PCI Express M.2 Slots on a Raspberry Pi!?

I take Alftel Systems’ 12-slot PCI Express M.2 carrier board for a spin on my Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, and mention their soon-to-be-announced ‘Seaberry’ Mini ITX board for the Compute Module! Check out all the neat stuff Alftel makes:...
7 New Raspberry Pi CM4 Boards for 2021!

7 New Raspberry Pi CM4 Boards for 2021!

I keep finding amazing new custom CM4 boards and projects, and I can’t help but share them with you! Find all the ones I’m aware of in this GitHub issue: https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/25 And follow along with all the other...
PCI Express arrives on the Raspberry Pi CM4 – A Guide

PCI Express arrives on the Raspberry Pi CM4 – A Guide

The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board exposes an x1 PCI Express Gen 2.0 slot. What can you do with the slot? And are there any tips or tricks to make sure you don’t accidentally cook a PCIe card—or the Pi? See all the cards I am testing:...
I built the fastest Raspberry Pi SATA RAID NAS!

I built the fastest Raspberry Pi SATA RAID NAS!

I built the fastest (to my knowledge) native SATA RAID array on a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, and set it up as a NAS server, testing out hard drives and SSDs, and different RAID setups like RAID 0, 1, and 10. I discuss the advantages of different RAID levels, how...
4+ Gbps Ethernet on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

4+ Gbps Ethernet on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

After my previous video testing Intel’s i340 4-port gigabit Ethernet NIC on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, I thought I’d see if I could break the 4 Gbps networking barrier—and I did! Check out the Raspberry Pi PCIe Card Database:...