WD PiDrive in its brown box
WD PiDrive in its brown box from the WDLabs, exciting / Photo © Jean Georges Perrin
PiDrive and tips
PiDrive and tips / Photo © Jean Georges Perrin
A drive with a Raspberry on it is pretty unique
A drive with a Raspberry on it is pretty unique / Photo © Jean Georges Perrin
314GB PiDrive next to Raspberry Pi 3 (front)
314GB PiDrive next to Raspberry Pi 3 (front) / Photo © Jean Georges Perrin
314GB PiDrive next to Raspberry Pi 3 (back)
314GB PiDrive next to Raspberry Pi 3 (back) / Photo © Jean Georges Perrin
Focus on the PiDrive USB 3 connector
Focus on the PiDrive USB 3 connector / Photo © Jean Georges Perrin

Nope, this is not a check. Unfortunately.

Storage on the Raspberry Pi is pretty limited to the microSD card, which qualities greatly differ – see benchmark.

If you want to go over the 200MB (for now) barrier of the biggest microSD card (like SanDisk – not benchmarked yet), you will need to connect an external drive via the USB port… or use the Western Digital PiDrive, which directly integrates a USB connector on its electronic board.

WD released the PiDrive 314GB for Pi day 2016, I just got it and share with you the pictures. I will add the drive to my benchmark list.

More soon…

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