[daqnz]

It is also worth mentioning that Proxmox uses ZFS making snapshotting quick and Proxmox also has a very good backup system.

If you want to treat your self-hosted applications as "sheep" (1) , then terraform k8s etc. is a better bet.

But if you are happy to manually restore from a backup or snapshot when something goes wrong, or automatically have your LXC container shifted to different hardware if you have a cluster, then Proxmox is for you. The reality is that in a home setup you will spend about as much or less time maintaining your "pets" than than you would your "farm".

(1) I write this from New Zealand

[gerdesj]

"It is also worth mentioning that Proxmox uses ZFS"

No it does not enforce ZFS or any other filesystem. That's up to you. ZFS or BTRFS are fine when indicated - and you need to know your stuff.

Cephs for clustering (hyperconverged) is very much a first class citizen. I generally only use EXT4 as a filesystem - keep it simple. XFS is lovely too, especially for reflinks if you need them.

(1) Wal and Cooch know how to run a farm (and so do I, in the UK!)

[daqnz]

> No it does not enforce ZFS or any other filesystem. That's up to you. ZFS or BTRFS are fine when indicated - and you need to know your stuff.

You are correct, it is optional and I should have made that clear. While optional it does have native support for ZFS and takes advantage of ZFS features, like instant snapshotting of LCX containers.

[BonusPlay]

> Proxmox uses ZFS making snapshotting quick

Proxmox only supports linear snapshots using ZFS (so no tree-like snapshots). This might be a deal-breaker for some usages.