How many of you are running OPNsense in their home lab? 5 Things You Should Know About OPNsense Before You Install It

I have been wanting to compare these two for a while. If you haven't heard about NPMplus as of yet, it is a fork of the official Nginx Proxy Manager and has some very cool enhancements, especially for security purposes (Crowdsec integration!) pretty cool: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/09/nginx-proxy-manager-vs-npmplus-which-one-is-better-for-your-home-lab/

I have been real busy the last several weeks re-doing my homelab. New server, new switches, upgraded to Proxmox VE 9, etc etc. Still have some stuff to do including documentation :>) but I want to start down the "Docker" rabbit hole. The new server is a Dell Poweredge R630 (replaced an R710). It has (2) E5-2680 processors for 24 cores and 48 threads, 128GB of DDR4 ECC Ram, (2) 256GB SSD's in a zfs mirror for Proxmox VE, (6) 1TB 7200RPM Sata III HD's in a zfs raidz2 profile, and (4) 1GbE network ports. Currently have (3) VM's and (9) LXC containers running. With all that said I am planning on a Debian 13 VM for Docker. My question is how would you provision it? How many cores? How much ram? How much disk? My first project may be Authentik with either Nginx Proxy Manager (which I already have running in an LXC container) or switching to either Traefik or Caddy. (Brandon i have read your post about Authentik with Traefik), but want to do some more research before I dive in. Sure would appreciate any advice y'all may have! Chuck

Why Your Mini PC’s NVMe Drive Isn’t as Fast as You Think https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/09/why-your-mini-pcs-nvme-drive-isnt-as-fast-as-you-think/

I wrote up a quick blog about this today and wondering if you have other cool power resiliency tricks up your sleeves. 7 Ways to Make Your Home Lab More Resilient to Power Outages https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/08/7-ways-to-make-your-home-lab-more-resilient-to-power-outages/