On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:52:12 +0100, Pancho
wrote:

On 18/08/2019 13:57, T i m wrote:

USB drives are faster
than a gigabit lan, so no need to worry about the lack of SATA.

Even USB2?


No, but the Pi 4 has USB 3.

True but I was thinking more the drive (bay) itself if only USB2.

I use this USB 3 Its only £5.99.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N2JIQR7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yeah, I have them and those with the additional power connector to
support desktop drives but I was talking of those external drives I
have already got that were only USB2.

I also have the 'dock' type, handy for holding the drive safely.

When most things only had USB2, there wasn't any point buying USB3
drives / enclosures as initially they were quite a bit more expensive.

Cheers, T i m