@setq Are there any plans for creating a similar kit like the Quad SATA Hat (with top hat, oled display, case etc.) but for raspberry pi 5. I would be absolutely interested in something more elegant than this:
For reference this, but for RPI5:
Is the Quad SATA Hat compatible with a Raspberry Pi 5 board? Also, would the outer case in the kit be compatible with 90 degree angle sata adapters?
Do you have a link for where to buy those sata data+power cables? I’m hellbent on building my media NAS on this hat, despite the looks.
I got feedback from the devs. They plan to have the new cable for the Raspberry Pi in about 3 weeks from now.
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Any updates regarding that Raspberry Pi 5 cable?
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Arace Tech posted on Twitter, that they have it available now:
I’ve been waiting for this.
But wait, is it only able to connect to the Pi 5 using the PCIe connector lane? Are the front USB 3.0 ports no longer an option? I was hoping to use the PCIe x1 for a NVME hat to boot off of instead. 
Does this support boot from one of the sata ports in that case? Or does using this require using micro sd to boot? So many questions!
I also noticed that, but still that fpc is not available to buy spearately.
Except that probably whole set is customised for pi5 as it was for rock4, so it’s not that easy to upgrade from rcok4 to pi5 just by replacing that fpc cable.
Usb version also should work with pi5, but probably You want to get whole set with matching case and usb bridge. Also please notice that usb is just very problematic and not that stable like pcie or native sata. There are already hats with two pcie ports as well as pi5 fpc and nvme.
USB is bit problematic for system, check out it’s stability and then think if You really have to have system on that interface.
I know, but there’s only one, and using it for this precludes using it for anything else, like a nvme boot base board.
It seems like every accessory board maker is designing to only use that one pcie port on Rpi5, leaving anyone who wants to run more than one accessory board complete out of luck. I was hoping, quite desperately, that radxa would see that people might want the penta hat and an nvme boot drive and would continue to offer USB as a connection option as well.
BTW:
can we get just flex cable for pi5 when somebody already have penta sata hat for rock4 board?
This could be also useful for those who brake their FPC and need a replacement.
We noticed this already, working on a standard cable package for different SBCs. It will be available from distributors soon.
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Great, I will get it for sure with next order 
thanks for link!
And all of them are gone just one day later!
Hopefully they will come back when sooner or later!
A bit late to the game, but I can report that the Quad SATA HAT works fine on the RPi 5. The 2xUSB to 2xUSB connector is a bit of a tight fit. I’m not using the original case, just the bare board. The RPi 5 is fitted with the standard heatsink/fan.
To boot from it I’ve enabled it in the RPi’s EEPROM settings as per @Craigp’s post.
This is huge for me. If I’m not interested in booting off the QUAD hats and intend to use a PCIe SSD board instead, would this still be functional to run four drives via the dual USB as subordinates to the SSD? And are there any special steps you’re taking to power the QUAD Sata and the Pi5? Lastly, is there any extra code that needs tk be added beyond the standard quad sata code to run it all on the Pi5?
This is exactly how I use it, I boot from a PCIe NVME drive and use the QUAD drives as separate storage.
I didn’t need to make any changes to the standard Raspberry OS other than setting the pins 25 and 26 high at pre-Linux bootup in the RPI’s EEPROM settings.
Do you have a guide for how you did this? I’m gonna be able to buy the Quad sata hat next month
Also note that quad sata hat comes with RAID support (penta version lacks this particular feature).
Pi5 USB3 is far better than on pi4, but still there is now 2.5G eth and any io to add that here (both usb and pcie is already occupied). Properly configured OMV lives perfectly on sd card and don’t write much there, so I think that it’s just bit better to improve network than system drive. It can almost reach 10G ethernet speed with one pcie 3 lane.