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I must admit that when I first encountered it I didn't expect much more than a glorified toy. However it is so much more than that and they do a really good job with the software and the features. If anybody is on the fence about it I recommend giving it a go. If you do, I recommend using the ISO to install, pick Z", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "My Homelab Setup"}, {"id": 738986177, "item_id": 46186636, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46186636", "by": "g4cg54g54", "date": "2025-12-07", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "PBS (https://pbs.proxmox.com/wiki/Main_Page) has \"live restore\" what can start a kvm after just the first few megs are restored", "excerpt": "https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/PVE-zsync is just that, also PBS (https://pbs.proxmox.com/wiki/Main_Page) has \"live restore\" what can start a kvm after just the first few megs are restored", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available"}, {"id": 735729202, "item_id": 45983075, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45983075", "by": "szszrk", "date": "2025-11-19", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love that it allows me to keep using Proxmox Backup Server.", "excerpt": "It's not always better. Docker on lxc has a lot of advantages. I would rather use plain lxc on production systems, but I've been homelabbing on lxc+docker for years. It's blazing fast and I cut down around 60% of my RAM consumption. It's easy to manage, boots instantly, allows for more elastic separation while still using docker and/or k8s. I love that it allows me to keep using Proxmox Backup Server. 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JottaCloud is \"unlimited\" for $11.99 a month (your upload speed is throttled after 5TB). I've been using them for a few years for backing up important files from my NAS (timemachine backups, Immich library, digitised VHS's, Proxm", "context": "Backs up NAS, about 3.5TB", "use_case": "VM backups", "switched_from": "", "story": "Backblaze has stopped backing up your data"}, {"id": 761329425, "item_id": 47583089, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47583089", "by": "evanjrowley", "date": "2026-03-30", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "As a Proxmox Backup Server user", "excerpt": "As a Proxmox Backup Server user... I still want ZFS roots with native rollback support. FreeBSD is more likely to execute this well vs. Proxmox. I'm talking about this, basically: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/*bsd-17/howto-zfs-madness-beadm-on-freebsd-4175412036/ There have since been implementations for Linux but no distribution is designed to support them.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "From Proxmox to FreeBSD and Sylve in Our Office Lab"}, {"id": 761244019, "item_id": 47577751, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47577751", "by": "arch1e", "date": "2026-03-30", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "No need to deploy something like PBS just to get decent backups.", "excerpt": "OP here. It\u2019s less about Sylve doing something Proxmox can\u2019t do, and more about a bunch of QoL improvements that come from us being heavy Proxmox users and building what we felt was missing. A few concrete things: ZFS-first UX: Not just \"ZFS as storage\u201d, but everything built around it. Snapshots, clones, ZVOLs, replication, all cleanly exposed in the UI without dropping to CLI. Simple backups without extra infra: Any", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "From Proxmox to FreeBSD and Sylve in Our Office Lab"}, {"id": 756920386, "item_id": 47307524, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47307524", "by": "dizhn", "date": "2026-03-09", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "run pbs (proxmox backup server) somewhere", "excerpt": "There are exceptions to this such as Proxmox which can actually be added to an existing Debian install. I must admit that when I first encountered it I didn't expect much more than a glorified toy. However it is so much more than that and they do a really good job with the software and the features. If anybody is on the fence about it I recommend giving it a go. 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