ARM Support (Hypothetical)

[Luminous]

I understand the Hex OS does not support ARM because it is built on TrueNAS, which does not support ARM...

But if it did in the future, is it possible that there will be an ARM version of Hex OS?

[PsychoWards]

So you would need at least the 8GB RasPi5 (85€), with a powersupply (10€). The RasplPi5 doesn't have SATA ports, so you already need a hat to get the sata ports, (60€).

You really shouldn't run Truenas off of the microSD card, so you already need 1 SATA port for your boot drive(likely esata), which leaves you with 4 more ports for your data drives. But depending on your hat you are limited to 2.5'' drives

With the costs for the Pi and Hat you are already at 155€ which puts you in the price range of N100 NAS boards, which gives you x86_64 support and more bang for your back and more features.

Sure a RasPi5/ARM Nas is possible but I just don't see the use case if you can get better suited HW for around the same price.

Rewriting Truenas/Hexos for ARM would cost a loooooot of money.

[PsychoWards]

Hey @Luminous,

What would be the intended HW which you would like to use and what would be your use case?

Seeing how little interest/support/opportunity there is currently for an ARM based NAS I doubt this will be implemented in the foreseeable future unless there is some major shift in the PC HW space.

[Luminous]

Likely an SCBM like a RasPi 5