Proxmox VE on aarch64 (arm64)

[Nodefield]

I know there are old threads and discussions about arm64 support with Proxmox VE, but those discussions have shifted mostly to forks of official PVE codebase. Not everyone is willing to go there.

Lot have changed when it comes to arm64 server level hardware availability both in enterprise and in homelab-level in past few years. ARM servers have become more mainstream and even the high-RAM variants of Raspberry Pi 5 enable home-lab experimenting of virtualization at low cost.

Already most software stacks, container images etc. offer native arm64 builds - and have been for years. Main workloads already natively run on ARM without being tinkerer only curiosities.

For me personally, the main attraction for ARM servers is the incredible power efficiency. Many good reasons to run ARM exist and are valid.

So, my question is:

Does Proxmox have active plans to support VE in arm64 architecture going forward? Third party forks are not the way.
Are you still staying at previous "not going there" position or willing to reconsider?

 

[Johannes S]

This is something best asked at the existing bugzilla entry: https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314

In earlier discussions ( https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-on-aarch64-arm64.121925/ ) team members explained, that they don't see a large return of investment at that point in time but might reconsider later.
My personal take (I'm just a community member though so I might be wrong):
Many people migrating from Vmware use ProxmoxVE to run their legacy Windows workloads so they wouldn't gain anything from arm64 support at that time. The story might be different now since there are now some options to get arm64 workstations (e.g. from Minisforum) which are suitable as a server for small or middle businesses. There is also now competition since the Incus project released their Incus OS. It's more aimed at "API first" and devops people not people who prefer UIs for everything so the target audience is a little bit different than for ProxmoxVE though.

 

[Neobin]