Proxmox running Xpenology gave me the best of both worlds for my home NAS

A home lab enthusiast shares their journey from Synology to TrueNAS Scale and finally to running Xpenology (Synology's DSM) as a VM inside Proxmox. The setup combines the familiar Synology DSM interface with the flexibility of Proxmox's KVM virtualization and LXC containers, offering the best of both worlds for a home NAS without being locked into Synology hardware.