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First of all; understand what it is the software you want to use actually does. I know that Proxmox is a Hypervisor and can run multiple VMs (Virtual Machines) and LXCs (Linux Containers) which is great, but there are a lot of options for setting up these things. For example, I really liked the idea of having my router be a VM that ran OpnSense so that I can run multiple router-specific things on the same machine like PiHole and Wireguard. This means I can get away with using fewer individual boxes (physical computers or servers), I have flexibility if I want to run *other* types of VMs that act as services for my router and I can very easily allocate expand, reallocate and change the underlying hardware for each machine. Lots of tweaking.
First of all; understand what it is the software you want to use actually does. I know that Proxmox is a Hypervisor and can run multiple VMs (Virtual Machines) and LXCs (Linux Containers) which is great, but there are a lot of options for setting up these things. For example, I really liked the idea of having my router be a VM that ran OpnSense so that I can run multiple router-specific things on the same machine like PiHole and Wireguard. This means I can get away with using fewer individual boxes (physical computers or servers), I have flexibility if I want to run *other* types of VMs that act as services for my router and I can very easily allocate expand, reallocate and change the underlying hardware for each machine. Lots of tweaking.
First of all; understand what it is the software you want to use actually does. I know that Proxmox is a Hypervisor and can run multiple VMs (Virtual Machines) and LXCs (Linux Containers) which is great, but there are a lot of options for setting up these things. For example, I really liked the idea of having my router be a VM that ran OpnSense so that I can run multiple router-specific things on the same machine like PiHole and Wireguard. This means I can get away with using fewer individual boxes (physical computers or servers), I have flexibility if I want to run *other* types of VMs that act as services for my router and I can very easily allocate expand, reallocate and change the underlying hardware for each machine. Lots of tweaking.
However with this setup I can start making plans for hosting my own portfolio, Jellyfin, game servers with friends, music streaming, etc.