{"id":799,"date":"2025-06-17T20:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xircx.com\/?p=799"},"modified":"2025-06-17T21:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:23:58","slug":"proxmox-truenas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xircx.com\/?p=799","title":{"rendered":"Proxmox + TrueNAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve made some updates to my lab setup. I&#8217;ve added a TrueNAS server to handle backups and media storage. 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