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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…NAS or home server. A 5Gb Ethernet card can instantly upgrade your PC's networking chops, removing a major bottleneck for your file transfers, backups, and parallel VMs. And the 8 Gbps…
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…I had assumed that the setup would be pretty involved, but everything was up and running in just a few minutes. The part that took the longest was understanding where to position…
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Hi all, Has anyone here run Windows Server VMs on a Proxmox cluster? I’m getting pretty fed up with Hyper-V and StarWind SAN, and I’m seriously considering switching to Proxmox on bare metal and running al services VMs t…
Hello, I have stumbled upon an issue twice and would like to ask if this is a bug or if im doing something work. I have since a long time now several proxmox servers pointing to a single PBS server on which I have setup …
I run PBS on a $150 fanless mini-PC backing up 21 VMs and 2 containers to a Synology NAS. Dedup factor 25x, 1.77TB used. The guide covers setup, installation, verification, and pruning jobs, retention policy gotchas, PBS…
There is something fundamentally wrong with Windows Server 2025. TLDR: Listen to the seasoned admins here: don't install Server 2025. Just don't. It's still not ready for prime time, and it probably won't be for another …
Finally got my Intel Arc Pro B50 fully stable and properly working on Unraid 7.3.0 running kernel 6.18.29-Unraid, so thought I’d share for anyone else struggling with Battlemage cards. Current setup: Ryzen 9 7950X Superm…
…If you have both, the setup steps are easy (I used an ASUS router and a Synology NAS server as an example, but if you have a LAG-enabled device and a…
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