Monitoring ZFS Boot Mirror Health in Proxmox 8 ClustersFebruary 05, 202615 min read Automated SMART monitoring and cost planning for ZFS boot mirrors across a six-node Proxmox homelab cluster with mixed SSD/HDD hardware. Track drive health, plan replacements, and manage homelab storage costs effectively. read more Optimizing Jellyfin on Proxmox: Moving Metadata to CephFS and Shrinking LXC FootprintsFebruary 04, 202610 min read A comprehensive guide to resolving Jellyfin LXC disk space issues by migrating metadata to CephFS and optimizing container size for faster HA failovers. read more USB Drive SMART Updates: Fast-Track to the GRUB SolutionFebruary 03, 20264 min read New USB drives arrived for my Ceph cluster, and they’re not reporting SMART data. Again. After solving this problem in my October 2025 article, I need to update the configuration with new device IDs and share the lessons learned from running this solution across my entire cluster. The bottom line: This was absolutely the right decision. SMART monitoring has already caught failing drives before they damaged data, and the performance trade-off is negligible compared to the stability benefits. read more Consolidating Proxmox Notes: A Python Export ScriptJanuary 21, 202610 min read One of the underrated features of Proxmox is the ability to leave notes on the individual resources like the Datacenter, individual nodes, and every VM or Container. However, these notes are tucked away in individual configuration files within the Proxmox Cluster File System (/etc/pve). If you’re managing a cluster with nodes like quell, edgar, and tanaka, having a single consolidated Markdown file of all your documentation is incredibly helpful for disaster recovery or general reference. read more Posts 2026-02-05 Monitoring ZFS Boot Mirror Health in Proxmox 8 Clusters 2026-02-04 Optimizing Jellyfin on Proxmox: Moving Metadata to CephFS and Shrinking LXC Footprints 2026-02-03 USB Drive SMART Updates: Fast-Track to the GRUB Solution 2026-01-21 Consolidating Proxmox Notes: A Python Export Script
Monitoring ZFS Boot Mirror Health in Proxmox 8 ClustersFebruary 05, 202615 min read Automated SMART monitoring and cost planning for ZFS boot mirrors across a six-node Proxmox homelab cluster with mixed SSD/HDD hardware. Track drive health, plan replacements, and manage homelab storage costs effectively. read more
Optimizing Jellyfin on Proxmox: Moving Metadata to CephFS and Shrinking LXC FootprintsFebruary 04, 202610 min read A comprehensive guide to resolving Jellyfin LXC disk space issues by migrating metadata to CephFS and optimizing container size for faster HA failovers. read more
USB Drive SMART Updates: Fast-Track to the GRUB SolutionFebruary 03, 20264 min read New USB drives arrived for my Ceph cluster, and they’re not reporting SMART data. Again. After solving this problem in my October 2025 article, I need to update the configuration with new device IDs and share the lessons learned from running this solution across my entire cluster. The bottom line: This was absolutely the right decision. SMART monitoring has already caught failing drives before they damaged data, and the performance trade-off is negligible compared to the stability benefits. read more
Consolidating Proxmox Notes: A Python Export ScriptJanuary 21, 202610 min read One of the underrated features of Proxmox is the ability to leave notes on the individual resources like the Datacenter, individual nodes, and every VM or Container. However, these notes are tucked away in individual configuration files within the Proxmox Cluster File System (/etc/pve). If you’re managing a cluster with nodes like quell, edgar, and tanaka, having a single consolidated Markdown file of all your documentation is incredibly helpful for disaster recovery or general reference. read more