Proxmox VE 9.2: what changed, and what breaks
Adds automatic load balancing of HA-managed VMs and containers across cluster nodes.
Before you upgrade to 9.2
- Transient upgrade stall with a disarmed HA stack. If you disarm HA for cluster-wide maintenance and then upgrade while HA resources are still migrating, the upgrade can stall on the pve-ha-manager package.
- OVH-hosted systems can boot into memtest86+ instead of Proxmox. 9.2 adds a memtest86+ boot entry; on OVH servers managed by proxmox-boot-tool but not installed from OVH's own template, the boot process can pick memtest86+ instead of Proxmox VE.
- Windows VMs with Virtualization-based Security can freeze on Intel hosts. Windows 11/2022/2025 guests using the host CPU type with VBS enabled can intermittently freeze, showing 100% CPU usage in the VM summary while frozen.
The systems
Compare them allProxmox VE
A free, Debian-based platform for running virtual machines and containers on your own hardware.
9.2 current · 1 GB minimum
TrueNAS
An open-core, ZFS-based operating system for building network-attached storage servers.
25.10.7 current · 8 GB minimum
Unraid
A Linux-based OS that turns a PC into flexible network storage plus a Docker and VM host.
7.3.2 current
OpenMediaVault
A free Debian-based NAS operating system with a web interface for storage and file sharing.
8.5.8 current · 1 GB minimum
CasaOS
An open-source home-server dashboard that adds an app store and file manager on top of Linux.
v0.4.15 latest
The maker now points people to a different product
Most used at home
All 20 of them| Application | Instead of | Latest release | Shipped | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollama | a ChatGPT subscription | v0.34.2 | 15 Sept 2026 | 181,328 |
| Open WebUI | the ChatGPT web app | v0.11.3 | 31 Aug 2026 | 152,636 |
| Immich | Google Photos | v3.2.2 | 15 Sept 2026 | 114,680 |
| Stirling PDF | a paid PDF editor | v2.14.3 | 6 Aug 2026 | 92,666 |
| Uptime Kuma | a paid uptime monitor | 2.5.5 | 16 Sept 2026 | 91,615 |
| Home Assistant | Google Home and Amazon Alexa | 2026.9.3 | 18 Sept 2026 | 90,891 |
Latest
All guides- What changed
Already on Proxmox 9: what changed in 9.1 and 9.2
Upgraded to Proxmox VE 9 early? You are probably on 9.0. What the two releases since added, and the one that can stop virtual machines starting.
Proxmox VE 9.2 · checked 21 Sept 2026
- What changed
Upgrading Proxmox VE 8 to 9: what breaks and how to avoid it
The five things that go wrong upgrading Proxmox VE 8.4 to 9, what each one looks like when it happens, and the checks that catch them before you reboot.
Proxmox VE 8.4 to 9.x · checked 21 Sept 2026
- What changed
CasaOS has been superseded and has not shipped since 2024
The makers of CasaOS now point people to ZimaOS instead, and the project has not published a release in over 20 months. What that means if you are running it.
CasaOS v0.4.15 · checked 21 Sept 2026
- Setting it up
What a home server actually needs, by system
Published minimum requirements for Proxmox, TrueNAS and OpenMediaVault, what each maker leaves out, and why the stated minimum is the wrong number to plan with.
Proxmox VE 9.2, TrueNAS 25.10, OpenMediaVault 8.5 · checked 21 Sept 2026
- Side by side
Proxmox vs TrueNAS: which one, and why most people run both
Proxmox and TrueNAS do different jobs, so the question is not which is better. Current versions, requirements and licences, and the choice by what you run.
Proxmox VE 9.2, TrueNAS 25.10 · checked 21 Sept 2026
- What changed
TrueNAS SCALE and CORE have merged into one product
There is no longer a choice between SCALE and CORE. They became one product on the Linux base, yet most comparisons online still describe the old split.
TrueNAS 25.10 · checked 21 Sept 2026
Why this site exists
Home server software ships numbered releases, and the answers change between them. A setting that worked in one version is renamed in the next. An upgrade that is routine on one processor stops virtual machines starting on another. The makers publish all of it, in release notes written for people who already know the system, and everyone else ends up in a forum thread from three years ago that was true when it was written.
So every page here names the release it applies to, carries the date it was checked, and links each fact to the maker so you can see for yourself. Where a maker does not publish a number, we say "not stated" instead of inventing one. How we work.