I am currently running most of my stuff from an unraid box using spare parts I have. It seems like I am hitting my limit on it and just want to turn it into a NAS. Micro PCs/USFF are what I am planning on moving stuff to (probably a cluster of 2 for now but might expand later.). Just a few quick questions:

  1. Running arr services on a proxmox cluster to download to a device on the same network. I don’t think there would be any problems but wanted to see what changes need to be done.

  2. Which micro PCs are you running? I am leaving towards HP prodesk or Lenovo 7xx/9xx series around 200 each. I don’t really plan on getting more than 2-3 and don’t run too many things, but would want enough overhead if I switch stuff over to home assistant and windows and Linux VMs if needed.

  3. Any best practices you recommend when starting a Proxmox cluster? I’ve learned over time it’s best to set it up correctly than try to fix stuff when it’s running. I wish I could coach myself from 7 years ago now. Would of saved a lot of headaches lol.

    • lazynoobletEnglish
      13•6 months ago

      Can someone explain the benefits of LXD without the opinionated crap?

    • @node815@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•6 months ago

      Since you didn’t include a link to the source for your recommendation:

      https://github.com/canonical/lxd

      I’ve been on Proxmox for 6 or so months with very few issues and have found it to work well in my instance, I do appreciate seeing another alternative and learning about it too! I very specifically like Proxmox as it gives me an actual IP on my router’s subnet for my machines such as Home Assistant. So instead of the 192.168.122.1 it rolls a nice 192.168.1.X/24 IP which fits my range which makes it easier for me to direct my outside traffic to it. Does this also do this? Based on your screenshots, maybe not, IDK.

      • @jgkawell@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7•6 months ago

        Thanks for the link! I’ve been running Proxmox for years now without any of the issues like the previous commenter mentioned. Not that they don’t exist, just that I haven’t hit them. I really like Proxmox but love hearing about alternatives. One day I might get bored and want to set things up new with a different stack and anything that’s more free/open is better in my book.

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      7•6 months ago

      Your comment is wrong in a few ways and suggests using a LXC which is way slower than docker or podman and lacks the easy setup.

      Proxmox is good because it makes it easy to create VMs and setup least access. It also has as new of kernel as stable Debian so no, its not terribly out of date.

      If you want to suggest that someone install Debian + Docker compose that would make more sense. This isn’t a good setup for more advanced setups and it doesn’t allow for a not of flexibility.

    • @MangoPenguinEnglish
      3•6 months ago

      How well does it handle backups, and are they deduplicated incremental ones like proxmox backup server makes?

        • @MangoPenguinEnglish
          3•6 months ago

          That makes sense, but no remote backups over the network? Local snapshots I don’t really count as backups.