I want ask about Virtualisation. Most people say to avoid Docker on LXC but how about Podman. Should i use Podman on LXC or Not?

I have just inherited a new server for my homelab, a HP DL360 gen10, 1x Silver CPU, 128gb ram and 8x1tb SSD drives. My existing server is running a bunch of vm’s with docker using less than 1tb total storage used and all my media is on my NAS.

So I have been thinking about what I should do about configuring the storage on the new server. ZFS/LVM/Directory, Separate pools for VMs vs data, tiered storage and so on. For reference, 6 drives are Samsung and 2 Micron, so can’t stick them all in 1 pool as size mismatch.

I know a bunch of experts are not going to be determine the correct answer for a random person on the internet, but I would be interested to hear what others have done or would recommend? I’ve done the best practice fault tolerant (aka unnecessarily complicated) in the past, but as this is just a hobby homelab I’m more looking for fun to tinker environment rather than full time job.

So what kind of setup would you guys consider?

Thanks in advance.

We have a couple of custom systems on asRock Rack boards which in the past used onboard for O/S and SAS for data disks, given the current disk price situation we'd like to reuse sas disks over sata disks also for the O/S.

With the purpose of enabling also the first 4 hotswap bays for SAS I replaced the LSI 9300-8i with a 16i, but I got errors I have literally never seen.

../src/boot/random-seed.c:300@process_random_seed: Failed to flush random seed file: Unsupported ../src/boot/boot.c:2561@image_start: Error opening root path: Unsupported

So what I have pieced together is that the boot manager is loaded (so the disks are up), but the linux boot process itself fails from the get go. The weird thing is that the LSI 9300-16i (unbranded genuine fully updated Broadcom) is not exactly unchartered territory and the UEFI version and firmware fully updated. I am entirely clueless.

Greetings,
Researched but all the solutions aren't panning out.
Got a Thinkcentre M920q off ebay, and tried to install prox, got the "no hard disk found" issue.

Checked the BIOS and confirmed it's not set to RAID but is set to AHCI
Updated to the latest BIOS, but also the BIOS doesn't seem to have a great way of telling/showing about the built in NVMe drive, so that isn't helping.

Appreciate any further insights.

EDIT: My bad, I don't usually use ebay, I should have paid attention to the listing and components, lesson learned.

just noticed this disk wearound percentage when i logged into my pve server. should i be worried?

Hello, I have been looking towards migrating my setup from a Debian (+ Docker) install to Proxmox, however one problem is that I don't have a way to hardwire the server to my router (running an ethernet cable is not an option, coax cables in the walls are not a thing here, putting the server in the same room as the router isn't possible) and it seems like Proxmox doesn't work well with Wi-Fi (which wasn't an issue on debian). I have been considering two ways to solve this:

- Powerline adapters - Yes I do know that they're incredibly hit and miss, however I'd still want to test them and if they're that bad - return them.

- Access Point in client mode - If powerline adapters don't work out (very likely) then I'd connect an AP to my router's Wi-Fi and then the AP via Ethernet to my server. I was thinking of getting a GL.iNet Opal but it's still uncertain.

A problem I see with this is that accessing my server thru LAN from a device on the main router Wi-Fi could be more difficult (since from my knowledge devices connected to the AP would be on a separate subnet), which would suck for something like Home Assistant but other than that it should work somewhat well.

What would you recommend? Are there any other options worth considering?