Your NAS is becoming a single point of failure, and consolidating everything onto it is the reason why
…Related I ran my NAS in Proxmox and set up an SMB share so my LXCs can access it While it may sound weird, this setup works well when you have a…
Proxmox VE is a free and open-source virtualization platform built on Debian. It supports KVM virtual machines, LXC containers, ZFS storage, clustering, backups, live migration, and high-availability features. For home labs, the big advantage is flexibility. You can run a Windows VM, a Linux server, Home Assistant, Docker, Pi-hole, Plex, Jellyfin, TrueNAS, or even pfSense on the same physical system. For small businesses or more advanced users, Proxmox can scale into multi-node clusters with shared storage and centralized management. The main tradeoff is that Proxmox is infrastructure software
Proxmox VE Guides: Setup, VMs, Containers, Backups, and ClusteringIf you’re still comparing virtualization platforms, these guides are the best place to start: Proxmox vs ESXi Proxmox vs KVM Proxmox vs Hyper-V XCP-ng vs Proxmox Unraid vs Proxmox if you’re deciding between a NAS-focused OS and a hypervisor In general, I’d choose Proxmox if your main goal is virtualization. I’d choose Unraid or TrueNAS if your main goal is NAS storage, and virtualization is secondary. Proxmox can do storage, and NAS operating systems can run VMs, but picking the tool that matches your main use case usually leads to a better setup.
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…Related I ran my NAS in Proxmox and set up an SMB share so my LXCs can access it While it may sound weird, this setup works well when you have a…
…Related Proxmox VE 9.1 can pull container images straight from Docker Hub, and it changes everything It may be an experimental feature, but it's worth checking out if you're…
…Debian and Docker containers. I didn’t want to complicate things with heavier OSes like Windows LTSC and virtualization setups like Proxmox. Whether Proxmox is better than standalone Debian or not is…
Today we are going to install AdGuard Home on OpenMediaVault using Docker and Portainer. AdGuard Home is fairly straight forward to set up on OpenMediaVault and we will be using Portainer to…
Recently, I've pushed an e-waste/upgrade campaign at my office which allowed me to acquire a little more gear. I've been running docker compose on bare metal for years and wanted to change things up a bit. After putting …
I’ve been running a couple random services on old hardware for a while, but finally decided to give Proxmox a proper try after seeing it recommended everywhere in homelab discussions. Honestly, I expected the setup proce…
The Point: Holy shit LXCs are so cool and felt like black magic getting "free" RAM back. If you're newer, like me, and have just been using VMs instead of LXCs, you should look at changing that. I started my server back …
**UPDATE** I have went through tediously and re-checked everything including fixing some mistakes that were still left in version 1. I went over everything and all the feedback recieved, the second edition includes both …
…Moving Jellyfin onto the NAS and taking advantage of its native Docker support pulled everything into a setup that finally made sense. That changed once I stopped treating my UGREEN DXP4800 Pro…
…In my own setup, I’ve used Synology NAS devices (DS1019+, DS923+, DS1821+, DS925+) for storage, backups, Docker/Container Manager, media, file syncing, and general home lab workloads. The guides below come…
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…Meanwhile, I used it in my home lab to run server workloads, self-hosted apps, and Docker on it. Once I stopped blurring lines, a mini PC became a practical choice. Then…
…working with Blinko , this setup might just surpass all note-takers I’ve ever used. And since everything is running on my NAS (and well, my Proxmox server, if you include the…
…At the homepage, you can paste in a Docker Run command and select Convert to Compose . As soon as you convert it, you’ll have a generic Docker Compose setup that you…