🖥️ ProxLab — Personal Homelab

Designing and deploying a scalable Proxmox-based homelab.

Hardware

• HP EliteDesk 805 G6 Mini
• Ryzen 5 4650GE
• 32GB RAM
• 1TB NVMe (Proxmox OS)
• 2TB NVMe (Fast Storage)
• 2TB SATA SSD (Bulk/Backup)

Architecture

• Proxmox VE — Hypervisor managing all VMs
• TrueNAS Scale VM — NAS, file storage, SMB shares
• Docker VM — Containerized apps (Komga, future services)

Storage Design

• 2TB NVMe → Primary storage (fast pool) — manga, media, data
• 2TB SATA → Backup pool — ZFS snapshots and replication

Services

Service	VM	Purpose
TrueNAS Scale	TrueNAS VM	File storage + SMB shares
Komga	Docker VM	Manga/comic server

Future Plans

• Tailscale remote access
• Nginx reverse proxy
• Grafana + Prometheus monitoring
• Automated ZFS backups

What I Learned

• Hypervisor setup and VM management
• ZFS storage pools and datasets
• NAS configuration and SMB sharing
• Docker containerization