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46 articles tagged Homelab, newest first.
Proxmox VE 8 EOL: Upgrade to Proxmox VE 9 Now?
Proxmox VE 8 is at the end of its supported life in August 2026, so most systems still on 8.x should now have an upgrade window booked for Proxmox VE 9.
10 Proxmox VE 9 Tools Worth Trying in 2026
The most useful Proxmox tools in 2026 are the ones that remove repetitive work without hiding what they are changing.
Can Proxmox Be the Ultimate Infrastructure Learning Lab?
A recent discussion in the Proxmox community asked a simple question: can Proxmox be the ultimate learning lab?
The State of Homelab Monitoring in 2026: What People Are Actually Choosing
What homelabbers and small IT teams are actually searching for, comparing, and adopting in 2026 — based on real search demand, not vendor marketing.
You Don’t Need Proxmox Backup Server… Until the Day You Really, Really Do
Why Proxmox Backup Server often looks optional at first, then becomes compelling once deduplication, visibility, and worst-case recovery planning enter the picture.
Stuck Waiting for Proxmox 9.2: The Frustration of Chasing Kernels in a Moving Target World
Why users chasing newer kernels for ROCm, drivers, or bug fixes keep colliding with Proxmox's slower upstream release cadence.
VMUG Used to Feel Like a Gateway Drug for VMware. Now It Feels Like an Obituary.
A March thread about low-cost VMware access for personal use showed how badly Broadcom has damaged one of the company’s old on-ramps for future practitioners.
Your SSD Isn't Safe Just Because It's New: The Firmware Gamble Most Homelab Users Ignore
Why SSD firmware gets ignored until it causes real pain, and how homelab users balance risk, complacency, and low-level storage maintenance.
You're Mounting It Wrong: The NFS Mistake That Keeps Breaking Homelabs
A practical breakdown of the NFS mistakes that confuse homelab users, especially when they expect shared storage to behave like a local VM disk.
Stop Overengineering Your Homelab: The Quiet War Over SSH Keys No One Talks About
Why a simple question about SSH keys in homelabs turns into a debate over control, convenience, automation, and how much engineering is too much.
That One Curl Command Could Own Your Server: The Quiet Fear Behind Proxmox Setup Scripts
Why convenience scripts feel irresistible in Proxmox homelabs, and why experienced admins stay wary of blindly running curl-piped setup commands as root.
Am I Screwed? The Moment a Homelab Turns Into a Data Loss Horror Story
A power outage, failing NVMe reads, and unsupported repair tooling turned one homelab recovery attempt into a blunt lesson about backups and storage risk.
I Built This Because I Was Tired of Opening the Web UI: The Tiny macOS App That Made Proxmox Admins Stop and Look
A lightweight macOS menu bar app for Proxmox taps into a common frustration among home lab admins who want faster visibility and control than the web UI provides.
I Upgraded My Servers From a Bus Ride: The Surprisingly Smooth Reality of a Proxmox 7 to 9 Upgrade
A long-delayed Proxmox 7 to 9 upgrade turned out to be much smoother than expected, highlighting how fear of major infrastructure upgrades can drift far beyond the real operational risk.
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It... Or Should You? The Real Debate Around Upgrading to Proxmox 9
The debate around Proxmox 9 upgrades is less about shiny new features and more about how admins weigh stability, security updates, and long-term maintenance.
My Network Used to Look Like This: The Nostalgia and Reality Behind a Homelab Diagram
An old homelab diagram becomes a snapshot of a more ambitious era, and a reminder of how real-life constraints reshape even the best-planned infrastructure.
The Small Proxmox Feature That Quietly Fixed One of Homelab's Most Annoying Problems
Proxmox 9's NIC name override feature solves a deeply familiar homelab headache by making interface naming less fragile after harmless hardware changes.
Wait... You Shouldn't Disable Root? The Surprisingly Confusing Reality of Hardening a Proxmox Server
Hardening Proxmox sounds straightforward until standard Linux advice collides with the way the platform actually works, especially around SSH and root access.
Free Isn't Free Anymore: Updating ESXi 8.0U3e to 8.0U3h Without Paying
Why ESXi patch updates can become entitlement-gated and what that means for free-tier users.
TrueNAS Isn't Paywalling Your NAS... But the Trust Crack Is Already There
An analysis of the v26.04 paywall debate, what TrueNAS staff actually clarified, and why trust perception still matters.
I’m a Machinist, Not IT: The Raw, Frustrated, Brilliant Reality of Wiring CNCs Into a Proxmox Server
A real-world shop-floor story of moving CNC workflows off a single fragile PC by using Proxmox, practical network design, and low-friction file transfer choices that actually work.
Someone Built the Traefik Provider Proxmox Users Have Been Waiting For
A new Traefik provider plugin brings Docker-style automatic service discovery to Proxmox VMs and containers, eliminating manual routing config and changing how homelabs handle reverse proxy setup.
From ESXi to AHV: What It's Like to Rebuild a Homelab on Nutanix CE
A real-world homelab migration from aging VMware 6.7 to Nutanix Community Edition—covering the surprisingly smooth install, AHV's mindset shift, and why walking away from ESXi felt less like loss and more like relief.
From NAS Access to Watching Hockey Abroad: What People Actually Use Tailscale For
Beyond the marketing, Tailscale solves real problems: NAS access from anywhere, bypassing sports blackouts, secure media streaming, and connecting homelabs without port forwarding headaches.
Immich in Proxmox LXC: A Stability Gamble Worth Taking?
Running Immich in a Proxmox LXC container sounds elegant, but real-world experience reveals stability challenges. Here's what the community learned about LXC vs VM approaches.
Yes, You Can Mix RAM Sizes on a Proxmox Server — Finally Settled It
The definitive answer to whether you can mix RAM sizes and speeds on a Proxmox server. Spoiler: yes, but there's a right way to do it.
Proxmox, Power Failures, and the One Time initramfs Quietly Ruined My Week
A power outage turned into a week-long debugging session when initramfs refused to mount the root filesystem. Here's what went wrong and how to fix it.
Monitoring My Homelab Became a Second Job - And I am Not Even Getting Paid
A practical look at monitoring stack sprawl in homelabs and how to simplify alerting, dashboards, and ownership before observability becomes busywork.
Proxmox Update Strategies: Automation Patterns from Real Operators
A look at how homelabbers actually keep Proxmox, LXCs, and VMs updated, from elegant automation to hopeful reboots.
Proxmox PVE Subscriptions: Worth It or Just a Paywall for Stability?
Is Proxmox subscription worth it? Breakdown of enterprise repo benefits, socket pricing, support value, and when no-subscription is still enough.
apt upgrade vs dist-upgrade: The Silent Proxmox Trap Everyone Walks Into
A single misplaced apt upgrade command can quietly break your Proxmox host. Here's why the command you trust most is actually the dangerous one, and how to avoid the partial upgrade nightmare that catches everyone eventually.
The Surprisingly Messy Art of Running a Remote Proxmox Server With Zero Inbound Access
Running a Proxmox host at a friend's place with no inbound access? Here's how homelabbers solve the networking puzzle with WireGuard, Tailscale, Cloudflare Tunnel, and creative routing — plus the one piece of hardware you absolutely need.
ECC vs Non-ECC RAM for Proxmox in 2026: What Actually Breaks
ECC vs non-ECC RAM for Proxmox: the real data-integrity risks, when ZFS makes ECC matter more, and whether the extra cost is worth it for homelabs vs small business.
The Great AHV Backup Meltdown: Why Veeam Just Wouldn't Register the Cluster
A chaotic journey through trying to connect Veeam to a Nutanix AHV cluster, where the proxy deploys perfectly but refuses to register—featuring port checks, certificate mysteries, and Reddit support group therapy.
Do I Need More RAM or Do I Just Need to Stop Installing Linux Mint on Everything?
A journey through realizing that maxing out RAM in a Proxmox cluster isn't always a hardware problem—sometimes it's just too many desktop OSs and not enough containers.
USB vs SATA: The Unexpected Debate Behind Virtualized PBS Storage
When downsizing forces you to virtualize PBS, choosing between USB and SATA storage becomes more than a technical decision—it's a philosophy about reliability, convenience, and what 'good enough' really means.
Six Grand, Twelve Drives, and One Dream: How a 200TB Server Became a Portfolio
One engineer built a 200TB Proxmox and TrueNAS system from scratch—not for work, but as proof of skill. This is the story of how a homelab became a living resume.
Helper Scripts or Hidden Risks? The Ongoing Debate in the Proxmox Community
The Proxmox community is divided: are helper scripts the ultimate efficiency tool or a security risk waiting to happen? We explore both sides of the automation debate.
Old CPUs, New Tricks: Squeezing Performance from Legacy Hardware with Proxmox
Can a 14-year-old dual Xeon system still run Windows 11? The homelab community shows how Proxmox turns aging hardware into a learning playground—even when performance isn't the primary goal.
Windows VMs Crawling in Proxmox? Changing This One Setting Might Be the Fix
Slow Windows VMs in Proxmox? The CPU type setting might be killing your performance. Learn why 'Host' isn't always best and how switching to emulated models can deliver 15x speed improvements.
TrueNAS, Ubuntu, or Unraid: What's the Best OS for Your Offsite Backup Server?
TrueNAS vs Ubuntu vs Unraid for offsite backups: compare cost, setup complexity, ransomware resilience, and long-term maintenance for homelab storage.
Cloud vs. Couch: Is VPS the Better Way to Self-Host in 2025?
The self-hosting community is shifting from home servers to VPS. We explore why public cloud self-hosting is gaining ground, where home servers still win, and how hybrid setups offer the best of both worlds.
The Sneaky Problem of Full Storage: How Proxmox Users Are Beating LVM-Thin Bloat
Proxmox LVM-thin filling up? Learn practical fixes to reclaim space, prevent pool bloat, and stop backup or VM failures before they happen.
Ceph Is a Beast, ZFS Just Works: Inside the Storage Wars of the Proxmox Community
Ceph vs ZFS in Proxmox homelabs: a practical comparison of complexity, failure handling, and performance for real-world self-hosted clusters.
Wait, Where's the UPS Support in Proxmox 9?
If you've upgraded to Proxmox 9 and can't find UPS configuration in the WebGUI, you're not alone. Here's what happened to UPS support and how the community is handling it.
Getting Started with Proxmox VE 8
A comprehensive guide to installing and configuring Proxmox Virtual Environment for your homelab.