With cv4pve-autosnap, snapshots of VMs and CTs in Proxmox can be automated. Since restoring my VMs from backups can take several hours depending on their size, I wanted a solution for a potentially faster restore in case I broke something while playing around.

The application can be run remotely or locally on the Proxmox host. A user or, since PVE 6.2, an API token can be used to run the snapshots.

My requirements for a new server were quite simple. The computing power should be roughly equivalent to my current server (Minisforum HM90), but with faster hard drive storage. Since only two 2.5“ hard drives can be installed in the HM90 and ZFS eats up SSD space relatively quickly, I needed another solution with 3.5” hard drives. I recently purchased a server rack and still have space available, I put together a 2U Proxmox build.