Raspberry Pi Flash Drive

Add 128GB or 256GB of fast storage to any model of Raspberry Pi with this official flash drive. The Raspberry Pi Flash Drive is a compact, high-quality USB 3.0 flash memory drive that delivers powerful random and sequential I/O performance in a sleek and portable form factor. Offering moderate power consumption and significant resilience to power-loss events, the Raspberry Pi Flash Drive is a reliable companion for any Raspberry Pi or other device. It is ideal for storing, transferring, and backing up data, as well as installing and running operating systems. Optimised for use with all Raspberry Pi computers, the Raspberry Pi Flash Drive is available in 128GB and 256GB capacities, providing sequential write speeds of up to 75MB/s and 150MB/s respectively.* Features 128GB 16k I/O operations per second (4kB random reads) 21k I/O operations per second (4kB random writes) 75MB/s sequential write speed (sustained) 256GB (coming soon!) 18k I/O operations per second (4kB random reads) 22k I/O operations per second (4kB random writes) 150MB/s sequential write speed (sustained) USB 3.0 gen 1×1 interface with type-A connector USB Attached SCSI Protocol with fallback to USB Mass Storage USB 3.0 U1/U2 idle power saving support SMART drive health reporting Resources How to install Raspberry Pi OS on a USB drive Flash Drive documentation Flash Drive product brief Launch blog post Notes * As tested on Raspberry Pi 5. Performance may vary on Raspberry Pi 4 and earlier devices.