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    Homelab suggestions - advice requested

    Interesting. What hardware are you running?
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    Homelab suggestions - advice requested

    So would Proxmox eliminate the need for an HBA? Does Proxmox support CrashPlan? I'm no stranger to the CLI, so that doesn't bother me. Any other tips?
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    Homelab suggestions - advice requested

    Thanks for your thoughts. Any other suggestions for hardware?
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    Homelab suggestions - advice requested

    Great question. I use ESXi at work and am more familiar with it. I have nothing against other hypervisors, I just wanted to use something I am familiar with. Is there a benefit of using Proxmox over ESXi? If going the all-in-one route, I was considering running a FreeNAS VM for the NAS, and...
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    Homelab suggestions - advice requested

    Looking for some guidance for a homelab server. Here are my use cases: Want to run ESXi 6.5 with the following VMs: Plex, Windows 7, CentOS 7 Linux for web development, and others in the future (likely a mix of Windows and Linux guests for testing/development purposes) System capable of Plex...