I’ve been testing SSD on the Banana PI R4 recently and would like to gather feedback on the SSDs others have used with this device. This will help us better understand which SSDs perform well on the R4.
So far, I found some developers used the following SSDs:
If you’ve used other SSD models on the R4, please share your experience and any relevant data. I hope that with everyone’s input, we can provide valuable references for other users.
If anyone is interested I’ve found that Intel Optane 16 gig 2242 size M.2 works in the cellular modem slot in my new BPi-R4 (2.5 gig replace SFP+ model) because they are Key B + M style. Not a lot of storage but they can be had cheap (on FleaBay or AliE) from China - like 5 or 10 bucks delivered. Buy extras!
I haven’t done actual testing on the BPi yet but since I had it pre-formatted ext4 it automounted at boot and shows properly in LuCI. Speedwise these normally write only about 150 MB/s but reads can max out a single PCIe lane at about 800 MB/s so good for boot drive stuff. Not especially energy efficient (they run hot) but are supposedly very durable. I’ve used them for a while in my TrueNAS servers with no issues so far!
Intel SSD 760p 2 TB working without an issue. Beware though, that NVMe sticks that have chips on both sides won’t sit flat on the PCB because of tall inductors underneath. Tightening the screw all the way would warp the SSD, so I had to loosen it a few turns. Another candidate for change in the future revision of the board.
