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Homelab recovery · June 2026
2 posts
I never ran ESXi in production
I never ran ESXi in production. I evaluated, picked Proxmox in 2024, and never went back to look. The three reasons it was an easy call, and the tradeoffs.
Jun 29, 2026·Homelab recovery·4 min
The DL380 had been off for fifteen months
I powered down an HP DL380 G7 in early 2025 and did not touch it for fifteen months. Would the PSUs hold. Would the disks spin clean. Would Proxmox boot.
Jun 22, 2026·Homelab recovery·4 min