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As the title states, how would you set it up? I've got an HP EliteDesk G5, what are the strengths and weaknesses of either:

  • ProxMox with one VM running TrueNAS and another VM running Nextcloud
  • TrueNAS on bare metal with Nextcloud running in docker
  • Some other setup

I'd like to be able to easily expand and backup the storage available to Nextcloud as needed and I'd also like the ability to add additional VMs/containers/services as needed

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe you could install nextcloud in docker on a separate VM (I use Debian) and then mount a Truenas network share in docker.

Trying to use TrueNAS for anything but a file share is not going to work well in terms of flexablity

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's where I'm at now. Same kind of issue as OP. Wanting more out of my bare metal!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Proxmox VMs shouldn't have much of a performance penalty compared to bare metal. (Assuming you have virtualization and similar extensions enabled)