Tips for building proxmox servers — by PigLover and ttabbal on ServeTheHome Forums

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An older ServeTheHome thread where the poster plans three Proxmox nodes backed by shared NAS storage. Replies recommend skipping hardware RAID, letting the Proxmox installer build a ZFS mirror for the boot disks, and using small enterprise SSDs instead of old 15K SAS drives. Hardware advice dates from the thread's era, so check current parts.

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Source: Tips for building proxmox servers by PigLover and ttabbal on ServeTheHome Forums. Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

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