Why I Left XCP-ng for Proxmox

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400

The first post in this series covered why I’m retiring two 1U servers, and the second measured the power saving. This one backs up to a decision that came before any of the migration work — and didn’t go the way I planned.

proxmox-mini01 and proxmox-mini02 — the two Minisforum UM350s the rebuild runs on now, and the boxes that wouldn’t take XCP-ng with Secure Boot enabled.

I had already chosen XCP-ng, on purpose

When I built the old pool years ago, I ran it on XCP-ng, and I chose it largely on the strength of Lawrence Systems — Tom Lawrence’s channel, which I’ve followed for years. XCP-ng ran that pool faithfully the whole time. So when I started the rebuild my default was obvious: put the current XCP-ng release on the new mini PCs and carry on. I wanted to do this rebuild right and not cut corners.

Xcp-Ng on Tod's Homelab

Why I Left XCP-ng for Proxmox

I had already chosen XCP-ng, on purpose