https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/35ee156f-b744-4391-b32f-0a2e8b0060c6 See you at Open Sauce June 15-16! Apply to exhibit here: https://opensauce.com/exhibits/ Radxa's Penta SATA HAT fits nicely atop the Raspberry Pi 5. Can I use it to build the ultimate Pi 5 NAS? Or will we run into issues? This video is not sponsored, neither Open Sauce nor Radxa paid anything, nor did they have any input into this video—however I did recieve the Radxa Penta SATA HAT featured in this video for review, as well as the Pineberry Pi boards. My build included the following (some links are affiliate links): Raspberry Pi 5 8GB: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/, Radxa Penta SATA HAT: https://radxa.com/products/accessories/penta-sata-hat/, TMEZON 12V 5A Power Adapter: https://amzn.to/3vB7dPR, SanDisk Extreme 32GB microSD Card: https://amzn.to/3J2Cf6n, Samsung 870 QVO SSDs: (NOTE: these went way up in price... I would recommend cheaper 2 or 4TB SSDs instead) https://amzn.to/4cI1fO4, ThirdReality Zigbee Smart Plug Gen 2: https://amzn.to/4azSfbI, You have two options for 2.5 Gbps networking, if you want it. First, for all PCIe, and stackable boards: Pineberry Pi HatBRICK! Commander: https://pineberrypi.com/products/hatbrick-commander-2-ports-gen2-for-raspberry-pi-5, Pineberry Pi HatNET! 2.5G: https://pineberrypi.com/products/hatnet-2-5g-2-5-gigabit-ethernet-for-raspberry-pi-5, But that will downgrade the PCIe connections to Gen 2. The second option keeps Gen 3 speed for the disks and gets slightly better 2.5G performance (in fact, slightly better than the switch), using a USB 3 2.5G Ethernet adapter. I used this Plugable 2.5G adapter: https://amzn.to/4cGPxmF Guides I referenced: GitHub issue with full build details and benchmarks: https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/615, Blog post on macOS Finder Samba slowness: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/macos-finder-still-bad-network-file-copies, Create a RAID array in Linux: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/htgwa-create-raid-array-linux-mdadm, Create a Samba share on Pi: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/htgwa-create-samba-smb-share-on-raspberry-pi, Set up OMV on Pi: https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv7:raspberry_pi_install, Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeerlingEngineering Contents: 00:00 - The Ultimate Pi 5 NAS 01:35 - YOLO this thing 03:51 - Assembly 08:14 - (Don't) release the magic smoke 10:08 - Software setup - RAID 0 12:59 - It's hot 15:05 - Benchmarking RAID 0 16:54 - Open Sauce 17:45 - Reads over writes 18:56 - 2.5G Networking 22:06 - But is it faster? 23:33 - OMV + ZFS Setup 27:42 - ZFS Performance 30:37 - Oops. 31:17 - DIY or Buy? Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:29:19 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/35ee156f-b744-4391-b32f-0a2e8b0060c6 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.