Practical guides for running virtual machines in homelab and SMB environments. Two clusters — Proxmox VE for open-source deployments, Hyper-V for Windows Server infrastructure.

Open-source

Proxmox VE

22 articles · PVE 9.1

From first install to storage failure recovery. Covers the full operator lifecycle — hardware, storage, networking, HA, and troubleshooting.

Foundation & Architecture
  • Installation & post-install checklist
  • Storage: ZFS vs LVM-thin vs Ceph
  • Networking, VLANs, and bonds
  • HA cluster and shared storage
  • Backup strategy and GPU passthrough
Troubleshooting & Recovery
  • Random crashes and log analysis
  • ZFS failure and recovery
  • VM won’t start diagnostics
  • Cluster quorum loss
+ 9 more articles inside →
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Windows Server

Hyper-V

12 articles · WS 2025

Installation, VM configuration, failover clustering, and troubleshooting real failure modes on Windows Server 2025.

Foundation & Architecture
  • Installation & post-install checklist
  • VM configuration: generation, vCPU, memory
  • Networking, VLANs, and SET
  • Storage, VHDX, and Storage Spaces
  • Failover clustering, CSV, and live migration
Troubleshooting & Recovery
  • VM won’t start: every error covered
  • Checkpoint and AVHDX failures
  • VM network and connectivity issues
  • Live migration and cluster quorum
+ 4 more articles inside →
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Comparison

Not sure which hypervisor fits your setup? Proxmox vs Hyper-V covers licensing, storage, clustering, and the real operational tradeoffs for homelab and SMB environments.

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