Running openhab(ian) on Pi5 + SSD

[Ltty (Florian)]

Hi all,

Until some time ago, it was still not recommended to run Openhab off an SSD drive, noting it was untested, unsupported and not officially recommended.

With the Pi5, more and more SSD adapters are hitting the market, the latest being officially announced by Raspberry itself.

I was wondering if there are any more recent efforts running Openhab on an SSD setup, experiences or known blockers?

Thanks,
Florian

[mstormi (Markus Storm)]

In openHABian, no, nothing has changed here.
Hardware availability doesn’t change anything about the reasons why SSDs are not supported.

[CK1 (Clemens)]

Can you please elaborate on why SSD are not supported and what drawbacks one would have if install it anyway on a SSD? Thank you!

[mstormi (Markus Storm)]

Search the forum archives, please.

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