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Radxa’s Penta SATA HAT fits nicely atop the Raspberry Pi 5. Can I use it to build the ultimate Pi 5 NAS? Or will we run into issues?
This video is not sponsored, neither Open Sauce nor Radxa paid anything, nor did they have any input into this video—however I did recieve the Radxa Penta SATA HAT featured in this video for review, as well as the Pineberry Pi boards.
My build included the following (some links are affiliate links):
– Raspberry Pi 5 8GB: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/
– Radxa Penta SATA HAT: https://radxa.com/products/accessories/penta-sata-hat/
– TMEZON 12V 5A Power Adapter: https://amzn.to/3vB7dPR
– SanDisk Extreme 32GB microSD Card: https://amzn.to/3J2Cf6n
– Samsung 870 QVO SSDs: (NOTE: these went way up in price… I would recommend cheaper 2 or 4TB SSDs instead) https://amzn.to/4cI1fO4
– ThirdReality Zigbee Smart Plug Gen 2: https://amzn.to/4azSfbI
You have two options for 2.5 Gbps networking, if you want it. First, for all PCIe, and stackable boards:
– Pineberry Pi HatBRICK! Commander: https://pineberrypi.com/products/hatbrick-commander-2-ports-gen2-for-raspberry-pi-5
– Pineberry Pi HatNET! 2.5G: https://pineberrypi.com/products/hatnet-2-5g-2-5-gigabit-ethernet-for-raspberry-pi-5
But that will downgrade the PCIe connections to Gen 2.
The second option keeps Gen 3 speed for the disks and gets slightly better 2.5G performance (in fact, slightly better than the switch), using a USB 3 2.5G Ethernet adapter. I used this Plugable 2.5G adapter: https://amzn.to/4cGPxmF
Guides I referenced:
– GitHub issue with full build details and benchmarks: https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/615
– Blog post on macOS Finder Samba slowness: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/macos-finder-still-bad-network-file-copies
– Create a RAID array in Linux: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/htgwa-create-raid-array-linux-mdadm
– Create a Samba share on Pi: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/htgwa-create-samba-smb-share-on-raspberry-pi
– Set up OMV on Pi: https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv7:raspberry_pi_install
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Contents:
00:00 – The Ultimate Pi 5 NAS
01:35 – YOLO this thing
03:51 – Assembly
08:14 – (Don’t) release the magic smoke
10:08 – Software setup – RAID 0
12:59 – It’s hot
15:05 – Benchmarking RAID 0
16:54 – Open Sauce
17:45 – Reads over writes
18:56 – 2.5G Networking
22:06 – But is it faster?
23:33 – OMV + ZFS Setup
27:42 – ZFS Performance
30:37 – Oops.
31:17 – DIY or Buy?
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