I Turned My Proxmox Server Into a NAS Without Installing TrueNAS
Proxmox is really good with all types of storage and I have used it as a dedicated NAS appliance many times. I have used dedicated NAS devices. I have also…
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I Changed How I Do GPU Passthrough in Proxmox After Finding This Feature
Many home labbers are starting to experiment with AI in the home lab and are using things like GPU passthrough on their Proxmox hosts. But passthrough is not just something…
I Was Running Redundant VMs on the Same Proxmox Host Without Realizing It
If you have spent a lot of time over the years building redundancy into your home lab, you probably have looked at many of the same layers that I have.…
Leaving VMware Just Got Harder After Broadcom Pulled VDDK Downloads
Just when we thought that Broadcom wouldn’t be able to slow down customers moving off of vSphere to another platform. They may just now have done something that will have…
Proxmox Just Removed One of Its Biggest Weaknesses
For many who have been evaluating the market to settle on their hypervisor of choice for the enterprise moving forward since the Broadcom VMware meltdown, there have been several vendors…
7 Proxmox Decisions That Are Painful to Change Later
This has always been one that has bitten me both in the home lab and in production. The moment that you think this is only a lab or this is…
8 ARM64 Home Lab Mistakes I’d Avoid in 2026
I think ARM64 has become super interesting for home labs in 2026. Everyone it seems is looking for ways to cut down on the cost of electricity spend in the…
7 Things I’d Install First on a Brand-New Proxmox Server This Weekend
A fresh installation of Proxmox is very complete out of the box and you definitely won’t have any problems with your server just sticking with the default installation. However, there…
Still Running Proxmox VE 8? Here’s What You Need to Do Before End of Life
Well, if you have received a message in your Proxmox VE Server version 8 webUI telling you that Proxmox VE 8 is no longer supported, you are not the only…
I Got Proxmox VE 9 Working on Raspberry Pi 5 With NVMe Boot and the Onboard NIC
If you have been following my blog lately, I recently installed the announced Proxmox AR64 build on my Raspberry Pi 5 8GB in the home lab. However, with that setup,…
