Replacing my home server with Proxmox VM's on an Intel N100 mini pc!

Ex-IT guy May 31, 2025
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Wecome to my channel! I hope you like my content! In real life I'm a voice actor and singer, but I used to be in IT for some 23 years. In the years I have worked in IT, I didn't really have the drive to tinker with computers at home, but as soon as I quit my job... the hobby started coming back to me! On this channel, I will post irregular videos about computer-related stuff that interests me.

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Buckle up! We're going to do some virtual machining! The VirtIO driver CD image for Windows can be found here: https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-virtio/ Dirk Seaman's blog article about Intel GPU passthrough on Proxmox: https://www.derekseaman.com/2024/07/proxmox-ve-8-2-windows-11-vgpu-vt-d-passthrough-with-intel-alder-lake.html The Apollo game streaming service: https://github.com/ClassicOldSong/Apollo The 45Drives cockpit file sharing plugin: https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-file-sharing I forgot to include it in the video, but I used this mod to show drive temperatures in the Proxmox interface: https://github.com/alexleigh/pve-mods My drive sits at a relatively stable 46 degrees celcius, which is fine. The NVMe stays around 40. The Awow AK10 box I used in this video I bought in January 2024. I can only find different versions of that box online now. Chuwi's Herobox seems pretty similar though, also providing the ability to add a 2.5" SATA drive inside: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oFijRWO Need something more robust? Check out this beast from Beelink that can handle up-to 6 NVMe drives! https://beelink.sjv.io/VxrVZO If you like my content and want to support me, I'm very fond of coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/exitguy Planning to buy something off Amazon? Use my affiliate link so I get a tiny commission. Doesn't cost you anything extra. https://exitguy.nl/links/amazon Wanna check my power draw readings? Here they are! https://github.com/exitguy/bits/raw/main/Power.ods Wanna hit the any key with me on my Discord server? https://discord.gg/77yEgAdPWe Credits: The intro consists of me singing over "The Rostrum" from the Wacky Wheels OST. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:49 Installing Proxmox 2:20 Uploading ISO images 3:00 Building a Windows 11 VM 6:13 Adding GPU passthrough 9:31 Apollo game streaming 11:42 Building a Linux VM 13:37 45Drives Samba/NFS interface 16:46 Preparing the hard disk 18:12 Adding the physical drive to the VM 19:14 45Drives plugin config woes 21:11 Wrapping it up That's all folks!

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