Radxa announced its new Rock Pi SATA HAT on Sunday. It's a few accessories that allow people to use their single-board computers as NAS solutions, and one of them is compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4 as well as the company's own Rock Pi 4.
That product is the aptly named Dual/Quad SATA HAT . Radxa said it supports up to four HDDs or SSDs (2.5-inch and 3.5-inch) via the Raspberry Pi 4 and Rock Pi 4's USB 3 buses. It also boasts USB Type-C power input with support for USB Power Delivery (PD) and Quick Charge (QC) for both 2.5-inch SSDs and the Raspberry Pi 4.
Here are the Dual/Quad SATA HAT's other highlights:
- Up to 4x HDD/SSD, support 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SSD
- Utilize two independent USB3 buses on Raspberry Pi 4
- Type C power input with USB PD/QC support for both 2.5inch SSD and Raspberry Pi 4
- External standard ATX power supply support for 3.5inch HDD
- Fan and heatsink for Raspberry Pi 4 CPU cooling
- Support HDD suspend mode
- Support UASP
- Support software RAID 0/1/5
- Optional PWM control fan for HDD heat dispatching
- Optional OLED display for IP Address/Storage info
Supporting the Raspberry Pi 4 makes sense. It's easily the most well-known single-board computer on the market, and for good reason, as we explained in our review . (We also called it the ultimate gift for geeks , in case you have some holiday shopping left to do.) Why not benefit from its popularity by supporting it with an accessory?
But the company did also introduce a Penta SATA HAT that's exclusive to the Rock Pi 4. Radxa said this model "utilize[s] the M.2/PCIe on ROCK Pi 4 to expand to up 5x SATA ports," and that it "adapt[ed] four internal SATA and one eSATA design which makes the connection flexible if the user wants to use external disks."
Here are the Penta SATA HAT's other highlights:
- Up to 5x HDD/SSD, support 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SSD, up to 100T Storage
- 4x SATA + 1x eSATA with power
- Utilize two lanes PCIe 2.1 buses on ROCK Pi 4
- Type C power input with USB PD support for both 2.5-inch SSD and ROCK Pi 4
- External standard ATX power supply support for 3.5-inch HDD
- Support HDD suspend mode
- Support software RAID 0/1/5
- Optional PWM control fan for HDD heat dispatching
- Optional OLED display for IP/Storage info
Radxa also designed a metal case for use with the Dual/Quad SATA HAT and Raspberry Pi 4. The company said this case fits up to four 2.5-inch HDDs as well as the top board, but it doesn't currently appear to be available, however. More information about the Rock Pi 4 and its accessories can be found on Radxa's site.