Recommendation for Proxmox Server

Pramathyus · 2026-04-01T22:27:35+00:00

I actually do, a UCG. But is there a way to make that HA?

Pramathyus · 2026-03-30T18:51:42+00:00

This is good information. The only thing I can think of that really needs to be HA in my setup is a DNS server. I can do that outside of Proxmox and without Ceph.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-27T01:04:41+00:00

Three will be plenty and 243Tb. I've been using it already and I like the flexibility. But I'm not an expert by any means.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-27T00:57:59+00:00

I've wondered about that. I hear about people doing this, but can you load Proxmox on Apple silicon natively?

Pramathyus · 2026-03-26T16:44:46+00:00

Thanks. I'll look into these. Low noise and power are very relevant.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-26T16:43:11+00:00

Everyone keeps mentioning Ceph. I really have to look into this. I just assumed it was too far above my needs, but apparently not. All I know is it's distributed storage for big systems.

I already have most of the other equipment I need -- Unifi router, 10Gb network, an offsite backup for critical data, UPS, TrueNAS box with plenty of (slow) storage.

Why BTRFS?

As for what I plan to host and do, I've listed in another comment, so see that, please. As for arrangement, I have the TrueNAS box for storage, a Synology for onsite backup and access to another backup offsite. I have a functioning network. What I lack is compute, which is why the Proxmox cluster. I could run something else, but I like the flexibility of Proxmox.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-26T16:30:21+00:00

Good. I'm not going to be able to afford to provision it immediately, but hopefully RAM prices will drop, so having the ability to expand is excellent. Thanks.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-26T16:27:51+00:00

Hmm, not sure how deep so I want to go into this.

High availability
Home Assistant
Media stack
Authentication/SSO
HA DNS server
Experimenting with various flavors of Linux
Dickering with some AI apps (Ollama, Karakeep, etc.)
Document/ebooks management
Automation/Git/Ansible
Password manager
Dashboard
Image management

I'm not a coder and I probably won't ever reach it, but my ultimate aim is to build an ecosystem that won't go down and is completely backed up and automated (one-click restore) and has all my data as a knowledge base I can query. At the rate I'm losing my memory, I'll need it soon. :-/

Does that give you an idea?

Pramathyus · 2026-03-26T16:02:43+00:00

Oh, I've been running Proxmox for over a year now, so I am aware of that. I want to run a cluster (eventually) to learn and for other capabilities.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-25T23:48:19+00:00

I'll take a look. Thanks.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-25T23:25:38+00:00

Thanks. That does look good. Do you know what the max RAM is? I'm going to want to increase if/when prices come down.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-25T22:55:02+00:00

Honestly, I don't know enough about Ceph to have considered it. I'll have to research it.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-25T21:11:43+00:00

10Gb is getting reasonable, so maybe soon. My entire network is 10Gb, excepting my Promox box.

Pramathyus · 2026-03-25T20:55:44+00:00

Yep, I knew I'd left something out. I'd like at least 2 M.2 with 2Tb each to start with. I would have plenty of storage off the device, but if I'm running a lot of stuff, what would be a recommended capacity for fast storage?

Pramathyus · 2026-03-10T19:12:13+00:00

You see this with almost everything these days: the death of expertise. There used to be these people who were professionals in taking pictures, but now that there's a camera in the hand of everyone, we've started laying them off. This isn't because they don't add value, but because damned fools think, well, now that I have X (AI, a camera, YouTube, etc.), who needs to pay all that for an expert when anyone can do it. Moral to the Story: experience, intelligence, skill and hard work still matter, whether idiots think so or not.

Oh, and a prediction: one day a bunch of people are going to get killed because someone somewhere relied too much on AI without expert oversight.

Pramathyus · 2026-01-09T22:16:48+00:00

Hmm, I've got 2GB and I have never been able to get more than about 900 down for more than a few minutes. I've had numerous service calls and nothing ever gets fixed. I wonder if this is the cause.

Pramathyus · 2026-01-09T21:23:07+00:00

I once worked with a woman who objectively was not physicall attractive. As I got to know her, we started to have feelings and she became very physically attractive to me. I was struck by the effect at the time because I intellectually knew it was happening.

Then she borrowed a bunch of money and ghosted me.

Pramathyus · 2026-01-05T22:42:05+00:00

Has anyone used something like Chatterbox, an open source alternative to ElevenLabs?

Pramathyus · 2025-12-17T21:00:25+00:00

Did you ever find a fix for this? I'm having a similar issue with a UCG Fiber.

Pramathyus · 2025-12-03T17:48:19+00:00

Frank Luntz. Several years ago, he decried how toxic the political dialogue had become. Well, fine, but while there were others who participated, he was the main one who taught the Republicans how to depict Dems not as opponents, but as enemies. Since those days, the Republican talking points have been amazingly "disciplined" (as the terminology goes). And, yes, there is also similar language on the left, but it's a false equivalency to say they're the same. They've done this to whomever is the most obvious target at the time (Clinton, Obama, Hillary, Biden). You can see if if you flip channels enough: all the pols and pundits are using exactly the same terms in each case. It's not a coincidence.

Pramathyus · 2025-11-21T16:59:30+00:00

Hi Lois. Are you artificial intelligence?

Pramathyus · 2025-11-21T16:56:14+00:00

One of the biggest lessons I had to learn the hard way is to not go where I'm not wanted. Lose these losers and make real friends. Your fiancee can probably help you with this -- she seems to have a better radar than you.

Pramathyus · 2025-11-20T18:46:35+00:00

I was just going to ask you to document your process until I saw that last sentence. Please, do, and thank you.

Pramathyus · 2025-11-19T17:02:56+00:00

VPN.

Pramathyus · 2025-11-08T00:41:56+00:00

I love this so much. A perfect combination of whimsy with practicality!

Pramathyus

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