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Where to start

20 guides is a lot to land in cold. These are the pages most people need first, plus the two calculators that answer a sizing question faster than any article can.

Start here

Homelab roadmap — what to set up, in what order
Hardware requirements — minimum vs recommended
Install Proxmox VE — ISO to first boot

Most-read guides

Firewall setup — datacenter, node and VM rules
Port reference — every port, and who needs it
LXC vs VM — which guest type to pick
Cluster setup — corosync, quorum, QDevice
Troubleshooting — quorum loss, full root, dead guests

Protect and size it

Snapshots explained — and why they are not backups
Backup strategy — vzdump, retention, offsite
Cluster sizer — nodes, ARC and N-1 headroom
ZFS pool calculator — RAIDZ width vs usable space

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How to Install Home Assistant on Proxmox

Proxmox Ports: Which Ones to Open, and for What

Proxmox Snapshots: How They Work and When to Use

Proxmox Backup Strategy: vzdump, Retention & Offsite

Proxmox Backup Server Setup: Dedup, Prune, and Restores

Proxmox Ceph vs ZFS Replication: When Ceph Is Worth It

How to Install Proxmox VE: Step-by-Step Install Guide

Proxmox VE Hardware Requirements: Minimum vs Recommended

Proxmox Cluster Setup: Corosync, Quorum, and QDevice

Proxmox High Availability: Fencing, HA Rules, and Limits

Proxmox GPU Passthrough: IOMMU, VFIO, and the AMD Reset Bug

Proxmox Cloud-Init Templates: Build Once, Clone in Seconds

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