Hello everyone,

I finally managed to get my hands on a Beelink EQ 14 to upgrade from the RPi running DietPi that I have been using for many years to host my services.

I have always was interested in using Proxmox and today is the day. Only problem is I am not sure where to start. For example, do you guys spin up a VM for every service you intend to run? Do you set it up as ext4, btrfs, or zfs? Do you attach external HDD/SSD to expand your storage (beyond the 2 PCIe slots in the Beelink in this example).

I’ve only started reading up on Proxmox just today so I am by no means knowledgeable on the topic

I hope to hear how you guys setup yours and how you use it in terms of hosting all your services (nextcloud, vaultwarden, cgit, pihole, unbound, etc…) and your ”Dos and Don’ts“

Thank you 😊

  • modeh@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The Beelink comes with two PCIe slots, so I have two internal drives for now. Is it acceptable to attach external HDDs and set them up in a RAID configuration with the internal ones? I do plan on the Beelink being a NAS too (limited budget, can’t afford a separate dedicated NAS at the moment)

    • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I wouldn’t use RAID on USB.
      If you only got 2x m.2 slots then I would probably prioritize disk space over RAID1 and ensure you got a backup up and running. There are m.2 to sata adapters but your Bee-link doesn’t have a suitable psu for that.