Thunderbolt Support

[spetrillo]

Hello all,

I have a PVE server that has a TBolt 3 connection. I am thinking of getting a Thunderbolt 3 external NVMe enclosure and connecting it to my PVE server. The goal is to create an UnRaid vm, with access to the external enclosure.

I would assume I would need to fully pass the external enclosure through to the VM? Does Proxmox have any issues with Tbolt support? Are there any gotchas in my thinking?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[leesteken]

I would assume I would need to fully pass the external enclosure through to the VM? Does Proxmox have any issues with Tbolt support?

Passthrough of Thunderbolt does not work (as well) as people hope(d) it would: https://forum.proxmox.com/search/83...t=post&c[child_nodes]=1&c[nodes][0]=16&o=date

 

[spetrillo]

Thats unfortunate. I have a small server that cannot be expanded internally. I thought the TBolt connection would be an excellent way to do this.

 

[leesteken]

Thats unfortunate. I have a small server that cannot be expanded internally. I thought the TBolt connection would be an excellent way to do this.

It's the same with QLC and SMR drives: nobody buys them after searching the forum, always the other way around...
Proxmox is based on Linux and you need to research support before buying any hardware. I have no personal experience with Thunderbolt/USB4, so maybe it still works for your use case (or with some work-arounds)?