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1.2amps is what I can draw from the Raspberry Pi USB port before things start to break
I mention this because I’m attaching a USB SATA SSD and want to know how much power the SSD is allowed to draw
Doing disk intensive IO using 'iozone' and 'fio' test tools, the maximum the USB SATA SSD draws is 0.15amps, or 0.76watts. Other USB SATA connectors come with additional power cables, but it appears this Kingston A400 SSD powers just fine by itself from the RPi USB port.
The white hub you see in the background is a Anker multiport charging station, not a hub, and can deliver 3-amps out each port. It also does wire length compensation, boosting past 5.5-volts to compensate for voltage loss on 10foot cables.
So anyway, the 120gigabyte SSD in the picture costs $20, and the USB SATA connector costs $11. Faster and more reliable than using the micro SD.
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