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StarTech.com - Dual SATA Dock for 2 x 2.5/3.5" SSD/HDD - USB 3.0
Average customer rating
4.5 out of 5
4.5
(2 Reviews)
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Customer Reviews for StarTech.com - Dual SATA Dock for 2 x 2.5/3.5" SSD/HDD - USB 3.0
Customer Rating
5 out of 5
5
Raspberry Pi4B compatible
on January 25, 2024
Posted by: Anonymous
I am utilizing this Dock to permanently access an SSD and a 2TB Hard Drive on a Raspberry Pi4 mini computer. The main goal is to get rid of the µSD card as a boot source and OS and to free-up a USB3 port on the Pi4. The desired image is "burned" on the SSD and the Pi4 is booting from the SSD. The Linux OS boots correctly and both drives are available. The main idea is that the Dock is powered ON permanently as well as the Pi4, 24/7.
The uncertainty: What would happen in case of a power failure. When the power comes back, would the Pi4 boot again, by itself without a human intervention like a necessary power-up sequence like: first power-up the Dock and then power-up the Pi4?
It turns out that the system behave just normally. When the power comes back, the Pi4 boot-up normally and the OS is up and running in a very short time.
Utilizing this Dock leave the Pi4 with an extra free USB3 port ready for other connections.
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Customer Rating
4 out of 5
4
Love the speed but not happy it does not image
on July 5, 2018
Posted by: sheri57
Got it for our computer business because specs say it will also image one drive to the other ( the hard drive dock enables you to complete device-management tasks more efficiently, such as disk image duplication) but it does NOT have image capabilites. That's the only reason for 4 stars.
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