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    Poor performance in VM hosting Plex

    I have a Ubuntu Server VM on Proxmox 7.4-16 with Plex in a Docker container. I also have TrueNAS Scale running as a VM on this same Proxmox host. TrueNAS has 2 pools it shares via NFS to the Ubuntu VM. Other docker containers run fine, but they aren't as demanding as Plex. The CPU is set to...
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    Lost data after power cut

    Background: One 4TB HDD partitioned for home network Setup multiple VM's and Containers After a power cut, all my vm's and containers came back online, bar one - Plex Media Server Proxmox gave me the following error when trying to start the server run_buffer: 321 Script exited with status 9...
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    Proxmox VE 7.4 - Intel i3-10100, nVidia GT 1030 - How to use both gpus?

    Good Day! Excite bike! My rig is finally all put together and ready to go. Hardware Configuration: Asus Prime Z490-P motherboard Intel Core i3-10100 CPU nVidia GT 1030 GPU Here is the plan (well, the bits that pertain to my question): - Proxmox HV - - VM or container (TBD depending on which...
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    Looking for Advice: Should Proxmox have its own pool in TrueNAS?

    Hello, I am looking to see if it's best practice to have a separated shared pool in TrueNAS for all proxmox VM's and containers? Right now I have a dataset for Proxmox but not sure if this will cause some issues down the road. I was debating on running 2 x 2TB drives in each server in a mirror...
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    Externe 3,5" Festplatte an Proxmox-Sever für Plex

    Hallo zusammen, ich bin relativ neu in der Proxmox/Linux-Welt. Neben meiner Pi-Hole habe ich mir nun auch Plex auf meinem Server angelegt und probeweise einen USB-Stick gemountet und durchgereicht. Dazu funktioniert soweit. Mein Vorhaben: Nun möchte ich eine 3,5 Zoll externe Festplatte an den...
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    [SOLVED] help to enable iommu

    I have proxmox running on Asus Sabertooth x79 mobo with single Xeon E5-2697. I'm trying to setup Plex VM with Nvidia GPU in passthrough mode. For whatever reason appears IOMMU is not enabled. I triple checked the bios settings and everything related to virtualization of CPU is enabled. I updated...
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    accessing NFS share (Synology) from a Debian 11 VM for use with sonarr/plex/download clients

    hello i want start off by saying that i'm a total newbie in the linux world and its really confusing so far right now i have my media setup run through docker in Synology NAS and its working well, but i want to move my docker apps from the Synology to Proxmox server VM, and i have been at it...
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    Übertragungsratenverlust zwischen zwei externen Festplatten (Windows 11 exfat => Proxmox ext4)

    Guten Tag liebe Community, ich habe mir vor ein paar Wochen einen Intel NUC mit 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD und einem Intel Pentium J5040 für meinen Homeserver gegönnt. Auf diesem habe ich Proxmox installiert und unter anderem einen LXC mit Plex. Des Weiteren habe ich zwei externe 2.5 Intenso...
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    iGPU pass through to LXC - Does this look right?

    I have plex media server running in an LXC (privileged) on a 12th gen Intel NUC with Intel Iris XE iGPU. GPU passthrough seems to be working fine and hardware transcoding is technically working, however I'm having quality issues on endpoint devices. (The LXC is Ubuntu 22.10) The quality issues...
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    USB external drive - VM ok, Container & PVE cannot "see" it

    Hi - I'm at the end of my search... for two days I've been messing with settings and linux commands. I'm no expert on Linux and it's showing. I have a USB hard drive plugged in to my PC. That is running Proxmox 7.1-7. I have a VM which runs ubuntu and I have Plex installed. I use the USB...
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    [SOLVED] Many unknown crashes/freezes

    Hi all, I recently started up a homeserver with a bunch of replaced parts from my main Rig. I currently have Proxmox 7.3-6 installed on an m.2ssd, with another m.2 1tb for VM disks and backups. I have 3 4tb HDD passed through to my OMV VM that I am using as a NAS in RaidZ1 for files, backups...
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    Plex - LXC - mounting issues

    Hey, I've setup my Plex server in an LXC container with my media being on a Synology NAS. I've mounted 3 shares using CIFS in my Proxmox Host as directories and added them to fstab like this: I then mounted them in my container like this: The problem I'm having is that even with auto...
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    [SOLVED] Data > Container from ext HDD [PLEX] [Proxmox]

    Hi all, very new to Proxmox, home servers etc, so please accept my apologies upfront for any frustration I may cause I promise I've tried 'googling' everything first for a solid few hours. In Short: I've set up a home server on a thin client with external HDD, Set up Proxmox to run on the...
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    New to Proxmox VE-- Seeking a path to learn

    Hello Proxmox community! I recently found my way to using Proxmox via upgrade of my hardware for Home Assistant (originally on RPi3b+) and I was drawn to Proxmox because of the option to isolate HA and run other applications as LXC though I'm very new to home servers and networking. I have a...
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    Build advice to host TrueNAS Core and Plex

    My build started off a as an Unraid server but I'm now reconsidering going back to an earlier idea of running Promox as my hyper visor. Right now I have the CPU/MOBO/RAM and 4x NVME drives. In the coming weeks I plan on purchasing the HBA controller along with 8-12 SAS drives. I'm looking for...
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    GPU passthrough - Linux VM --> Docker --> Plex

    So I'm running out of idea on how to make this work. I scattered the web forums and youtube videos to try piecing together something that would make it work. So I run Proxmox 7.3-1 on an Intel platform. I've enabled in the BIOS the IOMMU, VT-d and else. I've enable IOMMU in GRUB, blacklisted...
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    [SOLVED] Best practice for shares

    Hello Everyone, In my Proxmox server I have a SATA HDD with multimedia content. I didn't created repository or filesystem in PVE and managed my drive via an OMV VM, because I didn't want pvestat to block spindown the hdd because it's not often used. And I like the fact that I don't modify the...
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    Proxmox, plex lxc, external windows drive for storage

    Greetings all! I am a huge newbie to the world of proxmox. I got into it to move my plex server, and Home Assistant server from windows VMs to proxmox running on a Dell Optiplex 7050 with 16GB ram and 256GB SSD. Hassos is running quite well! Right now I'm trying to setup plex. I have the...
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    [SOLVED] ZFS memory usage in NFS share

    Hi everyone, I am new to Proxmox and I have been searching around on how to solve this issue. I have learned that ZFS requires ECC memory, I have been using ZFS on Ubuntu server for a year now with standard DDR4. I ordered an Epyc 7402 and Supermicro H12SSL-i, I will buy ECC memory now that I...
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    LXC emby don't detect hardware acceleration

    HI, I am another one who has installed an LXC virtual machine in proxmox but has problems with hardware acceleration: https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox I use an I5-10500T with UHD Graphics 630. I have searched a lot of information for both proxmox and emby, but I can't solve it. I am also...

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