Virtualization
9 guides about virtualization for your home lab
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Incus for Your Homelab: System Containers and VMs Without the Drama
Getting started with Incus, the community-driven LXD fork, for running system containers and virtual machines in your homelab. Installation, networking, storage, and practical migration tips.
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GPU Passthrough in Proxmox: Gaming, AI, and Transcoding in VMs
A step-by-step guide to GPU passthrough in Proxmox VMs — IOMMU configuration, VFIO setup, troubleshooting common issues, and practical use cases for gaming, AI workloads, and media transcoding.
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Proxmox VE Clustering for High Availability
Set up a Proxmox VE cluster with high availability for your homelab. Covers cluster creation, joining nodes, fencing, HA groups, shared storage requirements, and live migration of VMs and containers.
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LXC Containers on Proxmox: Lightweight Alternatives to VMs
A practical guide to using LXC containers on Proxmox VE as a lighter alternative to full virtual machines. Covers when to use LXC vs VMs, setting up templates, resource management, and real-world use cases.
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Proxmox vs ESXi: Which Hypervisor for Your Home Lab?
An honest comparison of Proxmox VE and VMware ESXi for home lab use — covering cost, features, setup complexity, and which one you should actually pick.
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Running Lightweight Kubernetes in Your Home Lab with k3s
A practical guide to deploying k3s in your home lab — from installation to your first workload, persistent storage, Helm charts, and ingress routing.
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VM Snapshots and Rollback: Safe Experimentation in Your Homelab
Master VM snapshot management in Proxmox, VMware ESXi, and libvirt/KVM. Learn snapshot strategies, automated snapshot schedules, storage considerations, and rollback best practices.
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Hyperconverged Infrastructure in Your Home Lab: Proxmox + Ceph
A practical guide to building hyperconverged infrastructure at home with Proxmox and Ceph — clustering, storage tiering, hardware requirements, and honest cost analysis.
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GPU Passthrough in Proxmox: The Complete Guide
Step-by-step guide to passing a GPU through to a Proxmox VM — covering IOMMU, VFIO, BIOS settings, NVIDIA and AMD specifics, and real-world use cases.