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Proxmox VE is a complete, open-source server management platform for enterprise virtualization. It tightly integrates the KVM hypervisor and Linux Containers (LXC), software-defined storage and networking functionality, on a single platform. With the integrated web-based user interface you can manage VMs and containers, high availability for clusters, or the integrated disaster recovery tools with ease.

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What's a cheap starter requirement to have a personal proxmox rig at home?

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[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

An Intel N100/150/200/250 based mini PC is a really low power (as in energy consumption) platform that is pretty good for PVE. Mini PCs based on the N100 tend to be inexpensive and a good alternative to the ones mentioned in other comments. The power draw is usually between 5-15W - depending on the load