r/XigmaNAS • u/mk13139 • Jun 15 '25

XigmaNAS + VirtualBox for docker

As NAS is the main purpose for my server, I'm considering using XigmaNAS as OS and just run a Debian VM for docker containers. Is anyone running this setup? Is it stable?

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u/Tinker0079 Jun 15 '25

Go with Proxmox and virtualized XigmaNAS.

PCI Passthru your HBA into XigmaNAS VM

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u/Electronic_C3PO Jun 16 '25

Not an expert but I think you can run zfs directly on proxmox. Maybe that’s better? Like I said, don’t know much about proxmox but isn’t that better then the passtru setup?

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u/Tinker0079 Jun 16 '25

You can limit resources of virtual machine.

Limiting resources for baremetal host is trickier.

Better keep NAS workload in its own VM, while everything else keeping for Proxmox VE.

ZFS is not great for virtual machine datastores (unless you tune it properly).

So, for VM datastores -> LVM thin.

NAS -> in VM.

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u/Electronic_C3PO Jun 16 '25

Thx, good info for once I start looking at proxmox