It will be worth mentioning proxmox helper scripts provided by TTeck. He has made hundreds of accessible scripts to easily install popular LXCs from Plex to HASS.
I like to see the configuration process of running a win 10 or 11 vm for gaming with igpu passthrough. with this powerhouse it should be a blast to game on š
I'd be interested in seeing how you set up the multiple Windows VMs to run at once while also leveraging the iGPU. I've been experimenting a lot with SR-IOV on my Intel i5-12700T Proxmox node to split my iGPU resources across multiple VMs. It's working, but wow is it fiddly to set up and maintain, as it tends to break every time the host or VM gets a kernel update.
I wasn't aware AMD's iGPU could be split between VMs and would love to see more of how that works.
I get so many emails about product samples of stuff I have no need for. Then the products I have need for don't respond or have ridiculous expectations. I'm going to spend 3 weeks on a video for them for free. Very challenging indeed
I grabbed a couple of the Morefine M500+ with a Ryzen 7 5800H, 32GB RAM, a 256GB 2.5" Proxmox host drive and with 2x 2280 1TB SSDs for ZFS. The M600 is now available but I preferred the pricing on the M500+ at the time. I have a third mini PC which only had two NVME drives (one 2280 and one 2242) and the idea is to set them up in a small datacentre configuration and get a kubernetes cluster up and running on them. They do idle well below 10W which is great for a small home lab setup.
Already running Proxmox with TrueNas, PfSense and a bunch of vms including Windows on my Minisforum ms-01. Love it. One thing still not investigated – how to handy monitor temperature in Proxmox. Sometimes the fans are just going to lift up and turns out that some vm is ramping 1 or 2 cores at the moment, while others idling. Please consider to include this topic in your future videos about Proxmox.
Yessir, I think Proxmox content is a good thing – And you got it the right-way up with wanting the hypervisor on the metal and everything else on top and not the other way around. You should explore Ceph at some time – I'm finding it fascinating and a bit of game changer for home and small business. But to start, as others have mentioned, TruNAS on Proxmox is a no-brainer (with some additional "brain" needed to pass through drives tho). I think proxmox backup server is a must video since so many people don't actually back up their data. Beyond that, yes Docker VM (or LXC!), LXC's in general actually, and maybe even SDN and virtualizing pfSense or OpnSense is popular. And pihole. whew
I would love to see a mini pc manufacturer make a unit that not only has several 2.5 (or faster) Gbe NICs and ocu-link, but also the ability to connect to an add-on 4, 8 or 12 bay hard drive unit. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's called a DAS. Have it as a purposely built stackable solution so a person could create a small all in one home server for things like pfSense/OPNsense, TrueNAS, Windows 11 for local game streaming (by adding a stackable external GPU dock) and a bunch of docker containers for say Pi-hole, Plex/Jellyfin or whatever is important to each person. The actual physical footprint wouldn't have to be super duper mini. It could a little taller and wider than that GMKtec in this video for example. Oh ya, and don't charge a freaking arm and a leg for each stackable part. Maybe just a hand or a foot! šš¤Ŗ As long as the internals were put together right (not skimped on), this would be HUGE for the home admin.
The (idle) power usage seems remarkable when compared to the N100 boxes which struggle to get the low power settings working, in concert with the rest of the system.
For $550, it's not terrible. However, GMKTEC should be offering either a barebones system or a fully packed system, especially for a virtualization system. 32 G ram is a nice start, but I'd be inclined to bump it up to 64G ram, which means that the 32 included means a wasted amount of money. same thing for the included drive; would probably replace it with higher capacity out of the gate.
To be fair, maybe GMKtec should have sent you 3 so you can set up a nice little cluster..
I'm quite interested in Proxmox running on a NAS with lots of M.2. I'm hoping Asus Flashstor 2 will be my dream setup, reasonable CPU with lots of M.2. I want to run Proxmox with TrueNAS, Home Assistant, Plex, etc as VMs with hardware transcode. One box to rule them all
I was all in until i saw 32gb of RAM. No.no.no.no.no. At least 64gb for a hypervisor if you want to be productive. Pls find me a mini pc that can take at least 64gb DDR4.
I would love to see you test and discuss the difference between running a NAS OS like Truenas Scale as a VM in Proxmox compared to running it natively without Proxmox.
I love Proxmox am running it using CEPH and high availability on 3 lowly Odroid H3 N5105 units. Each with 32 GBe ram and 2TB nvme. This runs like a charm a bunch of home services without breaking a sweat using one 2.5GBe nic on each to keep CEPH happy and the other for the networking tasks. On a 4th intel u1245 Topton box I run a separate Proxmox with OPNsense virtualized. My main reason to virtualize OPNsense is that I can instantly recover with the automated Proxmox backups if I mess things up (helps the WAF a lot). Plus I can spin up a virtual Windows or Linux desktop on this one to test things.
As to a Proxmox series on your channel showing how the different functions that are now bundled in a Synology NAS (or other brand) can be virtualized each in its own VM would be great.
Bizarrely weird title, but typical of YouTube.
Try Scrypted or Frigate to see if that GPU can be used for video feature detection.
It will be worth mentioning proxmox helper scripts provided by TTeck. He has made hundreds of accessible scripts to easily install popular LXCs from Plex to HASS.
Why do you call it fake NUC?
I like to see the configuration process of running a win 10 or 11 vm for gaming with igpu passthrough. with this powerhouse it should be a blast to game on š
Hello! Great video. š
I'd be interested in seeing how you set up the multiple Windows VMs to run at once while also leveraging the iGPU. I've been experimenting a lot with SR-IOV on my Intel i5-12700T Proxmox node to split my iGPU resources across multiple VMs. It's working, but wow is it fiddly to set up and maintain, as it tends to break every time the host or VM gets a kernel update.
I wasn't aware AMD's iGPU could be split between VMs and would love to see more of how that works.
I'm still trying to find that NVMe 2x 10 GB ethernet you mentioned. I did find two 2.5 gig ones
I get so many emails about product samples of stuff I have no need for. Then the products I have need for don't respond or have ridiculous expectations. I'm going to spend 3 weeks on a video for them for free. Very challenging indeed
Are you able pass through 2 vga igpu into 2 different vm? I found n100 is possible
Maybe, start at the beginning.. bios settings, proxmox installation, system update ….maybe then create a VM & container
I grabbed a couple of the Morefine M500+ with a Ryzen 7 5800H, 32GB RAM, a 256GB 2.5" Proxmox host drive and with 2x 2280 1TB SSDs for ZFS. The M600 is now available but I preferred the pricing on the M500+ at the time. I have a third mini PC which only had two NVME drives (one 2280 and one 2242) and the idea is to set them up in a small datacentre configuration and get a kubernetes cluster up and running on them. They do idle well below 10W which is great for a small home lab setup.
Already running Proxmox with TrueNas, PfSense and a bunch of vms including Windows on my Minisforum ms-01. Love it. One thing still not investigated – how to handy monitor temperature in Proxmox. Sometimes the fans are just going to lift up and turns out that some vm is ramping 1 or 2 cores at the moment, while others idling. Please consider to include this topic in your future videos about Proxmox.
Can you update the Amazon link ?
I watch all these videos where everyone wants 10 gb eth. O can't imagine using that bandwidth in the homelab.
At least in the USA, the Amazon link needs to be corrected. I have been very happy with my N100 GMKtec system.
Content:
Proxmox from a storage perspective.
Local storage, ceph, nas, failover, etc.
Robbie just letting loose with the language. Watch out for the āpearl clutchersā š
Is this ecc capable?
Yessir, I think Proxmox content is a good thing – And you got it the right-way up with wanting the hypervisor on the metal and everything else on top and not the other way around. You should explore Ceph at some time – I'm finding it fascinating and a bit of game changer for home and small business. But to start, as others have mentioned, TruNAS on Proxmox is a no-brainer (with some additional "brain" needed to pass through drives tho). I think proxmox backup server is a must video since so many people don't actually back up their data. Beyond that, yes Docker VM (or LXC!), LXC's in general actually, and maybe even SDN and virtualizing pfSense or OpnSense is popular. And pihole. whew
I would love to see a mini pc manufacturer make a unit that not only has several 2.5 (or faster) Gbe NICs and ocu-link, but also the ability to connect to an add-on 4, 8 or 12 bay hard drive unit. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's called a DAS. Have it as a purposely built stackable solution so a person could create a small all in one home server for things like pfSense/OPNsense, TrueNAS, Windows 11 for local game streaming (by adding a stackable external GPU dock) and a bunch of docker containers for say Pi-hole, Plex/Jellyfin or whatever is important to each person. The actual physical footprint wouldn't have to be super duper mini. It could a little taller and wider than that GMKtec in this video for example. Oh ya, and don't charge a freaking arm and a leg for each stackable part. Maybe just a hand or a foot! šš¤Ŗ As long as the internals were put together right (not skimped on), this would be HUGE for the home admin.
I wanna see it boot vm's off an iscsi target from another custom diy truenas scale build using a usb4 10gb nic.
The (idle) power usage seems remarkable when compared to the N100 boxes which struggle to get the low power settings working, in concert with the rest of the system.
For $550, it's not terrible. However, GMKTEC should be offering either a barebones system or a fully packed system, especially for a virtualization system.
32 G ram is a nice start, but I'd be inclined to bump it up to 64G ram, which means that the 32 included means a wasted amount of money. same thing for the included drive; would probably replace it with higher capacity out of the gate.
To be fair, maybe GMKtec should have sent you 3 so you can set up a nice little cluster..
To be a perfect proxmox machine it needs two 10g nics (or at least one, preferably sfp+) and preferably oculink.
Definite like to see more hackintosh & windows on the same proxmox machine. But any good for development use
Can we use the 2nd M.2 slot with that 6xSATAports adapter you mentioned in your other video?
Iāve been enjoying the uptick in content lately. This channel is great.
I'm quite interested in Proxmox running on a NAS with lots of M.2. I'm hoping Asus Flashstor 2 will be my dream setup, reasonable CPU with lots of M.2. I want to run Proxmox with TrueNAS, Home Assistant, Plex, etc as VMs with hardware transcode. One box to rule them all
Proxmox is the GOAT. Looking forward to your series…
Game streaming using Sunshine from one of the VMs with GPU Passthrough. š
How many knickers do we have to pay you to not swear in your videos?š¤£š¤£
I was all in until i saw 32gb of RAM. No.no.no.no.no. At least 64gb for a hypervisor if you want to be productive. Pls find me a mini pc that can take at least 64gb DDR4.
I would love to see you test and discuss the difference between running a NAS OS like Truenas Scale as a VM in Proxmox compared to running it natively without Proxmox.
I love Proxmox am running it using CEPH and high availability on 3 lowly Odroid H3 N5105 units. Each with 32 GBe ram and 2TB nvme. This runs like a charm a bunch of home services without breaking a sweat using one 2.5GBe nic on each to keep CEPH happy and the other for the networking tasks.
On a 4th intel u1245 Topton box I run a separate Proxmox with OPNsense virtualized. My main reason to virtualize OPNsense is that I can instantly recover with the automated Proxmox backups if I mess things up (helps the WAF a lot). Plus I can spin up a virtual Windows or Linux desktop on this one to test things.
As to a Proxmox series on your channel showing how the different functions that are now bundled in a Synology NAS (or other brand) can be virtualized each in its own VM would be great.