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storage

How to Choose a ZFS RAID Level When Installing Proxmox VE (RAID0, RAID1, RAID10, and RAIDZ Explained)

The Proxmox VE installer lets you pick a ZFS RAID level before you even see the web interface. Here's what RAID0, RAID1, RAID10, RAIDZ-1, RAIDZ-2, and RAIDZ-3 actually mean, how many disks each needs, and how to set the Advanced Options correctly the first time.

containers

How to Install Grocy in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted Grocery and Household Manager for Beginners)

Stop food from expiring in the back of your fridge. Learn how to deploy Grocy, a self-hosted grocery and household inventory tracker, in a Proxmox VE LXC container in under ten minutes.

virtual-machines

Proxmox VE vs XCP-ng: Which Free Hypervisor Should You Choose? (Plus How to Migrate a VM)

Proxmox VE and XCP-ng are the two big free type-1 hypervisors left standing. Here's an honest comparison of architecture, management, storage, and containers, plus a real walkthrough of migrating a VM from XCP-ng to Proxmox VE 9.2.

storage

How to Add a New Disk as LVM-Thin Storage in Proxmox VE (Step-by-Step Guide)

Turn a spare disk into LVM-Thin storage in Proxmox VE. Step-by-step instructions for the GUI and the command line, plus the errors that trip up beginners the first time.

installation

How to Install Proxmox VE on Hyper-V (Nested Virtualization for Testing on Windows)

Want to try Proxmox VE before you dedicate a physical server to it? Here's how to run it as a nested VM inside Hyper-V on Windows 10/11 Pro, step by step, including the networking gotchas that trip most people up.

containers

How to Install Kavita in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted Ebook and Comic Library for Beginners)

Stop scattering ebooks and comics across folders and devices. Learn how to run Kavita, a self-hosted digital library and reading server, in a lightweight LXC container on Proxmox VE.

containers

How to Install Linkwarden in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted Bookmark Manager for Beginners)

Stop losing bookmarks to dead links and paywalls. Learn how to self-host Linkwarden, a bookmark manager that archives full pages, inside a lightweight LXC container on Proxmox VE. No Docker or database experience required.

containers

How to Install BookStack in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted Wiki and Documentation Tool for Beginners)

Stop scattering notes across sticky notes, half-finished docs, and random spreadsheets. Learn how to run BookStack, a self-hosted wiki, in a lightweight LXC container on Proxmox VE, step by step.

containers

How to Install Stirling-PDF in an LXC Container on Proxmox VE (Self-Hosted PDF Toolkit for Beginners)

Merge, split, compress, convert, and OCR your PDFs without uploading them to a random website. Learn how to run Stirling-PDF in a lightweight LXC container on Proxmox VE, step by step.

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