[chbot] [OT] SSD for a Pi 400.

[Henri Shustak]

Yes, this seems like a great way to speed up the IOPS and throughput. 

If you are looking to make it faster with an SD card some of the newer faster microSD cards are fast but not as fast as this SSD.

Henri 

> On 21/01/2021, at 11:25 AM, hamster <hamster at snap.net.nz> wrote:
> 
> Hi Quentin, 
> 
> 
> It's a "Transcend ESD230C 240GB USB Type-C Portable SSD" from PBTech
> 
> The processes is very simple - just 'dd' the standard Pi microSD image over it, plug it into the Pi and switch it on. Too easy!
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> On 21.01.2021 08:47, Quentin McDonald wrote:
> 
>> Hi Mike,
>>  
>> Would you mind letting us know what SSD you ended up getting and from where? I've looked into this briefly and I couldn't seem to figure out how to find one of the Pi compatible ones known to work.
>>  
>> Thanks,
>>  
>> Quentin
>> 
>>  
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