Glensafro

I've seen a lot of people speak highly of proxmox so I'm open to using it, but I'm not that familiar with it. What would the advantage be of using that over VMs inside of HexOS? And would I need to upgrade my 4590k to run it?

Hi all, NAS/Homelab newbie here and I'd appreciate a steer on what I'll need to plan for hardware-wise in order to achieve my goals over the next little while. First, a quick summary of where I'm currently at: Using old gaming rig on Windows 10 as an HTPC/Plex server, based in the lounge. Basic specs are: i5 4690k / 8gb DDR3 RAM / GTX 960 / 250gb boot SSD / 2 x 4TB HDD storage drives in a two-way mirror using Windows Storage Spaces (I know, I know...) Home Assistant running in docker (plus a few other containers for other things - cloudflared, mariaDB etc) on an old Mac Mini (i5 3210m / 16gb DDR3 / 500gb HDD I'd like to bring things all under one roof in HexOS if I can, plus add some additional functionality, without spending a fortune. My current thoughts (assuming HexOS matures enough to deliver the features in their roadmap) are that I'd like to: - Run HexOS natively - Run Plex server directly on HexOS - Ideally run Home Assistant directly on HexOS, but open to running it in a VM depending how the HexOS one-click implementation looks - Run photo backup server with Immich directly on HexOS - Run a VM with Windows 10 (required for Sky Go, and a couple of other apps) - Ubuntu VM for other docker containers (cloudflared, mariaDB etc) - I'd also like to begin using Frigate NVR in the next couple of years, but I'm not totally sure where that fits into the puzzle. - Buddy backup with my brother's HexOS instance once that feature is introduced (and my ISP gets around to running FTTP to my address, but that's out of Eshtek's hands I guess) I'd like to return the Mac Mini to its place at the heart of my guitar rig (don't ask), so I intend to retire that from any Homelab duties. My gut feeling is that the CPU I'm running in the HTPC won't be up to the task (I don't think the 4690k even supports virtualization anyway?) , and that adding at least one more storage drive to the mix would be beneficial for further expansion going forwards. I guess my biggest question is does my list of requirements look sensible, and what kind of bones would I need to support it? New CPU/RAM/Motherboard? New GPU for Plex transcoding? I know that's been lengthy, so to anyone who's bothered to read and reply you have my utmost thanks in advance!