Proxmox VE 9 Storage Benchmark: Shared LVM Thin/Thick vs CetraFS

Shared storage remains one of the recurring topics when evaluating Proxmox VE as an alternative to VMware. In particular, administrators who are used to VMFS often want to keep their existing SAN infrastructure while gaining the flexibility of a clustered storage backend. As discussed in my overview of the Proxmox VE shared-storage landscape in late 2026 , several approaches are .... [read more] |


Installing CetraFS on Proxmox VE 9 as a VMFS Alternative

One of the recurring topics when discussing Proxmox VE as an alternative to VMware is shared storage. While VMware has offered VMFS for many years, providing a clustered filesystem that allows multiple ESXi hosts to access the same shared storage concurrently, Proxmox VE has traditionally approached this differently. There are several ways to provide shared storage in Proxmox VE, including .... [read more] |


Proxmox VE Shared Storage: LVM Thin, MeshXFS, CetraFS

Proxmox clustering storages has been a very changing topic in 2026, with several new developments and improvements finally bringing more possibilities to the table. However, when looking at the bigger picture, there are still some gaps compared to what we have been used to in the VMware world. One of the golden rules in VMware environments has always been VMFS, .... [read more] |


MeshXFS: Clustered Storage for Proxmox VE

MeshXFS is a new open-source, POSIX-compatible clustered filesystem built on top of XFS. It aims to solve a common challenge in virtualization environments: allowing multiple nodes to access the same shared block device concurrently in read-write mode. The project is available on GitHub and is licensed under GPL-2.0. It builds on the upstream Linux kernel XFS implementation and adds clustering, .... [read more] |


Proxmox VE and Shared LVM-Thin Storage with Snapshots

Finally, shared block storage with LVM thin provisioning and snapshot support is available in Proxmox VE 9! Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) has become a serious alternative to established enterprise virtualization platforms. However, one topic has repeatedly caused discussions when it comes to enterprise adoption: shared-block storage. During Proxday 2026 , I spoke with many people who were considering switching to .... [read more] |


A Keyboard Switcher: Switch Bluetooth Devices Between Macs

Working from my home office, I use both a corporate Mac and a personal Mac. Since I share the same Apple Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse between both machines, switching between them used to be a bit annoying. The easiest way was to connect the cable to the Mac I wanted to use and wait for the devices to switch .... [read more] |


PegaProx Adds Direct File-Level Restore for VMs

Restoring individual files from a backup directly back into a guest VM has been one of the often-requested features for Proxmox VE and PegaProx . With my latest addition into PegaProx, this is finally becoming a reality! PegaProx File Level Restore Instead of downloading files from a backup to the local system first and then manually uploading them back into .... [read more] |


Meet the PegaProx Team at ProxDay 2026

PegaProx is coming to ProxDay 2026! On October 15, 2026, the Proxmox community will meet at ProxDay in Mönchengladbach, Germany, and this year you will have the opportunity to meet members of the PegaProx team in person and learn more about multi-cluster management for Proxmox VE. PegaProx at Proxday 2026 I will be attending ProxDay together with Nico Schmidt , .... [read more] |


PegaProx: NetApp ONTAP Snapshots for Proxmox VE

I am currently working on a new storage integration for PegaProx. The idea is to move snapshot operations directly to the place where the data is stored: the storage system itself. Instead of only using the built in snapshot functionality of Proxmox VE, PegaProx will be able to create and manage snapshots directly on NetApp ONTAP storage systems. PegaProx with .... [read more] |


Sylve: FreeBSD bhyve Virtualization with Ansible Automation

When talking about open-source virtualization platforms, Proxmox VE is probably one of the first solutions that comes to mind. It combines KVM virtual machines, LXC containers, storage, networking and clustering behind a convenient management interface. But what if you want to build the same kind of environment on FreeBSD ? This is exactly where Sylve becomes interesting. Some more general .... [read more] |