Your NAS permissions are probably a mess, and a single flat share fixes it
…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.
Proxmox VE Guides: Setup, VMs, Containers, Backups, and Clustering
Ultimate Home Server Setup: Proxmox, TrueNAS, Docker, Proxmox Backup Server, & More
The Right Way to Install Docker on Proxmox
Home Lab in 2026: What's Worth Your Money (and what isn't)
Self-Hosted Apps That Replace Everything You Pay For in 2026
Proxmox 9.1 Can Now Run Containers… But Should You?
Building a Low-Power Proxmox Server (It Didn't Go Smoothly)
What’s Actually Running in My Homelab? (50+ Self-Hosted Services)
Minisforum's N5 Max is an Absurd NAS
…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…
…Sign in to your XDA account After looking at my current home lab setup, it's sometimes hard to imagine I was firmly in the prebuilt network-attached storage (NAS) camp. It…
…Which Media Server is Best? May 4, 2024 Adding Drives to a Storage Pool on a Synology NAS February 20, 2023 How to Back Up a Docker Container February 3, 2022 Synology…
…Operating systems like Proxmox, TrueNAS Scale, or even plain Linux like Ubuntu Server were all built and tested first on x86. There's no waiting on an ARM build, and no "works…
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 …
…Proxmox? So right off the bat, Proxmox is not a NAS operating system. Proxmox is a virtual environment (VE) that is a type-1 hypervisor that is based on Debian GNU/Linux…
…You can run Docker on it, and a handful of self-hosted apps work fine, but you're constantly working around the OS rather than with it. Proxmox, TrueNAS, and other hypervisor…
…Using a dedicated OS like Proxmox, or a platform like Docker, you can create containers that host all kinds of services and tools, turning your PC into a powerhouse that can do…
…I still use local models in my coding tasks, but rather than banking on Anthropic’s formidable models, I’ve got a hybrid VS Code + Continue setup that has improved my programming…
…SSDs make sense when the workload actually benefits from lower latency, faster random access, less noise, or better responsiveness, like virtual machines, Docker containers, databases, active project files, or smaller all-flash…
…Anyone running Proxmox, TrueNAS, Docker stacks, or other self-hosted services is constantly building, breaking, and rebuilding things, and as a result, containers get exposed to things they shouldn't. All kinds…