Proxmox

  • Proxmox vs esxi in 2025

    Proxmox vs ESXi in 2025: VMware Dying in the Home Lab

    I can’t believe it but we are almost in 2025 already and what a year 2024 has been in the technology space with AI continuing to make waves. But who would have thought before 2024 that someone could have said…

  • 8.3 new features

    Proxmox VE 8.3 New Features with OVA Import

    Proxmox has gained tremendous popularity in 2024. So many home lab enthusiasts, SMBs, and enterprise environments are looking at their options with the fallout from VMware by Broadcom. Proxmox has been introducing many new features with each release and are…

  • Windows server 2025 proxmox packer build

    Windows Server 2025 Proxmox Packer Build Fully Automated

    Since updating my VMware vSphere Packer build template for Windows Server 2025 (you can read that here: Windows Server 2025 Packer Build for VMware vSphere), I decided to tackle Proxmox, which wasn’t as straightforward. I wanted to share with you…

  • Qemu guest agent installation in proxmox

    QEMU Guest Agent Installation in Proxmox VE

    If you are running a Proxmox VE server in your home lab or production, there is a component that you will want to know and use with your guest virtual machines in the environment. The QEMU agent is a component…

  • Mount synology proxmox nfs

    Mount Synology Drive in Proxmox with NFS

    Mounting your NAS storage inside of Proxmox is a great way to add storage to your Proxmox VE Server for things like storing ISO images and other purposes, even running virtual machines. Let’s look at a helpful guide on how…

  • Low power server with powertop and proxmox

    Low Power Server with Powertop & Proxmox

    If you are like me and using mini PCs for home lab servers as your main workload servers, you are likely doing this for power efficiency reasons. I have gone from true enterprise servers in the home lab down to…

  • Proxmox backup with veeam

    Proxmox Backup with Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2

    One of the really cool new features that Veeam has added with Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 is native Proxmox backup that is agentless. In other words, you don’t have to install agents inside your guest virtual machines to back…

  • Proxmox alternatives

    Proxmox Alternatives in 2024: Comparing 10 Hypervisors Pros and Cons

    There is arguably not a more popular free virtualization platform than Proxmox VE (Proxmox Virtual Environment). Proxmox has taken the home lab community by storm, and now that the VMware buyout by Broadcom has been finalized, many are jumping ship…

  • Bdrsuite 7.1 new features with proxmox ve agentless backups

    BDRSuite 7.1 New Features with Proxmox Agentless Backup

    We are starting to see most of the enterprise backup vendors giving attention to Proxmox VE Server since the shakeup with pricing and other details following the Broadcom buyout of VMware. BDRSuite is a backup solution I have been testing…

  • Install proxmox in vmware workstation

    Install Proxmox in VMware Workstation Pro

    With the recent news about VMware Workstation Pro being free for personal use, it opens up a lot of doors for using the software as a home lab platform and to play around with various hypervisors, etc. Installing Proxmox in…