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I am planning on building a new media center unit using a Raspberry Pi 2 however I have some specific requirements:

  • Unit requires an RPi base-board like the fairywren
  • Need to connect 3+ SATA devices (HDD / Blu-Ray)
  • ALL ports must be located on the rear of the unit, as with a conventional HTPC unit.

I have been looking into the fairywren, but not sure if this is compliant with the RPi 2?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk5lJbnZEdU

http://www.geekroo.com.au/products/795

Can anyone recommend any products I can use to connect SATA devices to an RPi 2, and if there are any alternatives to the fairywren?

Matthew Layton
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It should be electrically compatible, but the mounting holes are in different places and there isn't a spot for the second set of USB ports. If you desolder the second set of USB ports and drill your own mounting holes, it would be compatible. http://www.geekroo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FK50-2.jpg

fishmr1
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You can use a SATA to USB convertor like this and then access the SATA hard drives. The disadvantage of this method would be that you would get a slower speed when compared to SATA.

If you use a single 2.5 inch HDD, the pi should be able to power it directly if you enable the high power mode on the B+ and Pi2. If you are using more than one 2.5 inch HD or 3.5 inch HD's then you'll have to use a powered USB connections to supply power to the Hard drive or the Pi would not boot or would have a lot of reboots.

karan
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