They don't recommend it either, but if you have a dev workstation and need advanced VM and container needs it works well. The use case I can see as the most applicable is when using the advanced Software-defined networking options that it can do and having other machines for the main workload so you can do your testing from a single machine or array of VMs' On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 3:46 PM Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I personally would refrain from installing X windows on the host. There's > nothing that you'll be able to do from xwindows that you can't do from the > web interface, and running that will just take away resources that you'd > otherwise be able to use for your virtual machines. Additionally, you might > find yourself fighting with Proxmox as it expects to be able to control > things like networking which your chosen desktop environment might > interfere with. > > Proxmox under the hood also doesn't use standard libvirt or lxc resources, > so if your reason for installing it is to use the virtualization features > outside the web interface then you're also going to be stepping on > Proxmox's internal processes. > > If you want a machine that you can login to to do otherwise random things, > just create a VM or container and connect to that. Otherwise treat Proxmox > as an appliance, like you would a VMware Hypervisor host, and you'll have a > much better time with it. > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2022, at 8:34 PM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > So. Proxmox under the hood is Debian. Virtualization only allow you to > stack workloads proxmox has an extra layer of being set up to run > containers as well as vms. That can run lean and share resources better. > Bet part of this is you can install it on anything you can install Debian > on. They even have docs on how to install x windows and run it as you a > daily workstation as well as VM host. > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2022, 10:35 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > I have an i3 with 2 cores and 4 threads running an SSD. Seems like too > few resources for Proxmox? Your thoughts? > > > On 2022-10-09 10:29, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > On Sun, 2022-10-09 at 06:50 -0700, keith Miller via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >> Couple of items, I've used Promox for about 4-5 years now, very nice > >> hypervisor have had no problems what soever > >> I current run it on a Dell R-610 with 96Gig of ram and 6TB of HD, > >> hosting 5 > >> linux servers and desktopsetup with about 8 domains and 1 email server > >> all > >> are Linux based, the mail server is awesome > >> system called Zimbra completely free, I'm hosting a number of open > >> source > >> decentralized social network, Peertube (Youtube work alike) , Mastodon > >> (Socal Network) , Piwigo (Picture hosting), OSSN (Social Network) > >> , WebTrees (Geniology), OsClass script (ForSale/Want ads), Simple > >> Machines > >> (Forum), WordPress (Blogging site) > >> So I use it alot > > > > Hi Keith, > > > > The Proxmox docs seem to strongly encourage using RAID, but I have no > > business > > justification for the time and money involved in RAID. How well or > > poorly will it > > work just operating off 250GB SSD for / and a 6TB 7200rpm spinning rust > > for the > > rest? > > > > Also, space is at a premium in my house. Can I admin a Proxmox machine > > connected to > > my LAN, via the web interface, from my Daily Driver Desktop (DDD) also > > connected to > > my lan? I'd like to run my Proxmox machine headless except for very > > rare > > troubleshooting. > > > > I have a 2 core AMD machine with 16GB RAM and about 6TB of 7200 > > spinning rust just > > hanging around (it's my old DDD). Do you think that would be sufficient > > for just > > fooling around with? > > > > Thanks, > > > > SteveT > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen