I've used Proxmox before for running a Windows VM for gaming inside a Linux/Proxmox self-hosted server, so I could have everything I needed on one machine, software apps as well as games. Unfortunately, games started implementing anti-cheat so I stopped using Proxmox, booted into raw Windows 11 and migrated to a PaaS online for my software apps.
This software Looking Glass was great when I used it though.
> "Looking Glass: Run a Windows VM on Linux in a Window with Native Performance" discussed on HN:
I use Proxmox at my work for our various web and windows servers. Works pretty good, now If I could get something newer than sandy bridge Xeons it will perform just as well too.
Mind you the storage was a pain to work with and the cluster had a lot of issues, but they iron a lot of it out in recent releases.
I recently bought a Beelink U59 and set up Proxmox VE on it. I ended up running ~11 different VMs for my smart home set up, pi.hole, a local K8s cluster, etc.
Now I have two Beelinks running in a two node cluster. I took notes on the entire set up and hope to write a blog or two detailing the setup.
I threw proxmox on a desktop pc I pulled from the trash about a year ago. Since then I've been steadily adding new containers to host more servers.
Anyway long story short, I've got a used PowerEdge server and some rack hardware being delivered on Friday. I somehow even managed to get my fiance on board because it could host his among us server.
I just know I'm going to regret this. Proxmox is a gateway drug to homelabbing. Please use caution
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 25.1 ms ] threadThis software Looking Glass was great when I used it though.
> "Looking Glass: Run a Windows VM on Linux in a Window with Native Performance" discussed on HN:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27870399
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22907306
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I also used Proxmox to run macOS as its own VM, a Hackintosh basically. Nick Sherlock has great guides on how to do this: https://www.nicksherlock.com/2022/10/installing-macos-13-ven...
Mind you the storage was a pain to work with and the cluster had a lot of issues, but they iron a lot of it out in recent releases.
Now I have two Beelinks running in a two node cluster. I took notes on the entire set up and hope to write a blog or two detailing the setup.
Anyway long story short, I've got a used PowerEdge server and some rack hardware being delivered on Friday. I somehow even managed to get my fiance on board because it could host his among us server.
I just know I'm going to regret this. Proxmox is a gateway drug to homelabbing. Please use caution