Re:M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board
by fhunt on Friday March 12, 2021 @03:16PM
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Few weeks ago I was looking for something like this. If there was anything similar, it was always sold out or did never launch, I don't expect better availability with item. And if they ask for $100 which is way too high and would give me better boards, pls provide two M2 slots.
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Re:M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board
by techrat on Friday March 12, 2021 @06:34PM
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If you're going to split a 1x PCIe lane into two M2 slots, you might as well save the cash and get a Pi4 and use two USB3 thumbdrives instead. The performance would be about equal by that point.
Re:M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board
by fhunt on Saturday March 13, 2021 @09:08PM
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Ofc I'm aware of this and this is what I did, I just want a nice form factor.
Re:M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board
by nfriedly on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:56PM
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The PI 4 only has a single PCIe lane. Two M.2 Slots would require a PCIe switch which would make things more complex and expensive, as well as limiting the overall performance if you were trying to use both drives simultaneously.