Homelab & Vietnam
Browser tab freezing and high memory usage when running dynamic automation tools alongside Proxmox VE web GUI is usually the browser, not Proxmox.
A website monitoring service that alerts on every blip will train you to ignore it. Here's the rule I use: alert on real failure only, silence is the default.
VM status unknown grey question mark usually means missing storage, a stale lock, or an orphaned config. Here's the step-by-step fix for Proxmox.
870 EVO 1TB internal SSD not reading in Proxmox? Check the SATA link, kernel logs, and smartctl before blaming the drive. Here's the fix.
Proxmox random reboots are almost always hardware: PSU, RAM, or heat. Here's the order to check them, with the exact logs and tests for each.
Proxmox HA rebooted all nodes because watchdog and fencing were misconfigured. Fix the HA watchdog and fence settings to stop the mass reboots.
Detected Hardware Unit Hang usually points to the NIC, not the disk. Fix it by updating firmware, disabling ASPM, and checking the PCIe slot.
LXC Jellyfin start and jellyfin service stop after a few moment? It's the container config. Check the journal, match the exit signal, and fix the setting.
When Proxmox backup to NFS seems to work but actually doesn't, the GUI hides the useful error. Check the task log and journalctl for the real NFS failure.
Improve Remote Desktop MacOS Linux Mint latency by ditching RDP and VNC. X2Go over LAN with Proxmox virtio settings cut lag from 200ms to under 40ms in my
