Self-Hosted Google Drive: Installing Nextcloud in Docker on Proxmox with Split NVMe + HDD Storage
This guide covers a complete Nextcloud Docker Proxmox deployment with split NVMe and HDD storage. Your tax returns, family photos, and personal documents are almost certainly living on servers you do not control, in data centers you will never visit,...
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Build Your Privacy Machine Room: Docker + Portainer on Proxmox LXC
🎧 Listen to the 60-Second Audio Recap: What This Guide Builds (And Why It Matters) Your Proxmox server is the building, and running Docker on Proxmox LXC is the machine room inside it. Every privacy-first application you will ever self-host...
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Ditch Google Photos Forever: Install Immich on Proxmox with ZFS & Docker
The Privacy Problem With Google Photos 🎧 Listen to the 60-Second Audio Recap: This guide covers how to install Immich on Proxmox with Docker and ZFS. Google Photos is not a free storage service. It is a data collection engine...
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Ultra-Efficient DIY NAS on Proxmox: Native ZFS + Ubuntu LXC FileServer (Bind Mounts)
Build a Privacy-First DIY NAS on Proxmox with Native ZFS and a Lightweight LXC FileServer 🎧 Listen to the 60-Second Audio Recap: Your First Step Away from Google Drive and Google Photos This guide covers building a Proxmox ZFS file...
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QNAP TS-669L Running OMV: The Right Way to Resurrect Abandoned Enterprise Hardware
🎧 Listen to the 60-Second Audio Recap: This guide covers QNAP TS-669L running OMV as a backup server on end-of-life hardware. The QNAP TS-669L has been end-of-life for years. QNAP stopped shipping QTS updates for it long ago, and anyone...
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TERRAMASTER F4-424 Pro as a Proxmox Host: Full Installation & Optimization Guide
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products we genuinely use and love. TL;DR Verdict This guide covers the complete...
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TerraMaster TOS 6 Review: A Solid Storage Box That Fails Power Users
🎧 Listen to the 60-Second Audio Recap: I bought the TerraMaster F4-424 Pro primarily for its hardware. My plan was always to wipe TOS 6 and install Proxmox. But before I did that, I wanted to give TOS 6 a...
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TERRAMASTER F4-424 Pro NAS Storage Review
TERRAMASTER F4-424 Pro Review: The Best Proxmox Mini PC Base for Your Homelab in 2026? 🎧 Listen to the 60-Second Audio Recap: My old QNAP TS-669L had a good run. I bought it roughly 12 years ago, and three years...
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The Ultra-Budget Zigbee Hub: Expanding the AVATTO HA 70 for Under €30
In Part 1 of this series, we proved that the €37 AVATTO HA 70 is a surprisingly capable little Home Assistant server. But a server without devices is just a plastic box sitting in your closet. Today, we are going...
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AVATTO HA 70 Review: The €37 AliExpress Home Assistant Box
In November 2025, I spotted something on AliExpress that seemed too good to be true: the AVATTO Home Assistant Box HA 70, priced at just €37.56. It looks exactly like a generic Android TV box, but the listing claimed it...
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