Network
17 Oct 2025
Using Proxmox as a Home Server Part II - SSHFS NAS
In part 2 of this series of guides, we will create a ZFS pool on our storage media, and then create our first LXC container to provide access to them over the network.
What is ZFS?
ZFS, short for Zettabyte File System, was first released 20 years ago next month (November 2025). It provides not just the functions expected of a filesystem, which manages the data thats stored on a volume, but also functions as the physical volume manager, allowing us to take multiple physical disks, and present them to the OS as a single, formatted, device.
4 Oct 2025
Using Proxmox as a home server part I - Installing PVE
This will be the first in a series of blog posts describing how I use PVE as a base for my NAS, and to host other services. In this installment, I’ll discuss the the hardware required, the installation of PVE, and the initial post-install configuration.
Why use Proxmox?
There are plenty of choices for an OS to build on. Picking one is going to depend on what you want it to do. If all you want is something to host media files on, OpenMediaVault is an excellent choice, as is LibreELEC. I want to goa little further, with a single server to act not just as a NAS, but to run Home Assistant, and several other services. This means I want a hypervisor, where I can virtualise each of these services. While the above choices can all be made to act as a hypervisor, they lack the ease of use of systems designed specifically around it.