I have recently joined the selfhosting world after many years of thinking about it. Currently running casaOS with an assortment of containers. Mainly use nextcloud, paperlessNGX, and general file storage.
I am thinking of creating a proxmox cluster. Just wanted to ask for those who do. Is it worth it? And what services are you guys running?
I was thinking of using it for NAS, and a window VM and run other random things that I don’t know yet.
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The primary reason to virtualize is to maximize the “bang for your buck” on your hardware. Containers are great, but have their limits.
So long as you have a desire to learn it (and the budget), I say dive in with Proxmox and see how you can put that hardware to use. VMWare ESXi is more common in a business/enterprise setting, but costs money to for anything beyond the basic functionality after the evaluation period.
I’ve got a 3 node cluster. They are a hodge-podge of weak, old hardware. Yes, it’s worth it. Don’t worry about HA and automatic migration. It’s nice to have a single interface to all the nodes. Also look into the proxmox backup server (PBS). It’s a very nice backup system.
for sure a proxmox server is great, id just say don’t go for the cluster just yet. Frankly, most self hosted stuff is dockerized and thats a huge plus. And it seems you already have that sorted out (id even ask you if casa OSs fileshare and an external drive could handle the NAS aspect).
I say this not to be a killjoy, but because I have a proxmox node I both overbuilt (for small services and running off a UPS) and underbuilt (for multiple big VMs) all because bought it to, and i kid you mot, “use it for NAS, and a window VM and run other random things that I don’t know yet”. 2 years in and i still don’t know what those random things are.
So, my two cents: start cheap get a node to learn and understand where you want to go from there.
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The primary reason to virtualize is to maximize the “bang for your buck” on your hardware. Containers are great, but have their limits.
So long as you have a desire to learn it (and the budget), I say dive in with Proxmox and see how you can put that hardware to use. VMWare ESXi is more common in a business/enterprise setting, but costs money to for anything beyond the basic functionality after the evaluation period.
Ok great! I’m doing it to just learn and tinker with. Thank you!
I’ve got a 3 node cluster. They are a hodge-podge of weak, old hardware. Yes, it’s worth it. Don’t worry about HA and automatic migration. It’s nice to have a single interface to all the nodes. Also look into the proxmox backup server (PBS). It’s a very nice backup system.
Thank I will definitely be looking into PBS!
for sure a proxmox server is great, id just say don’t go for the cluster just yet. Frankly, most self hosted stuff is dockerized and thats a huge plus. And it seems you already have that sorted out (id even ask you if casa OSs fileshare and an external drive could handle the NAS aspect).
I say this not to be a killjoy, but because I have a proxmox node I both overbuilt (for small services and running off a UPS) and underbuilt (for multiple big VMs) all because bought it to, and i kid you mot, “use it for NAS, and a window VM and run other random things that I don’t know yet”. 2 years in and i still don’t know what those random things are.
So, my two cents: start cheap get a node to learn and understand where you want to go from there.