--- title: "I enable these 4 Proxmox settings on every fresh install, and most guides skip them entirely" url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-enable-these-4-proxmox-settings-on-every-fresh-install-and-most-guides-skip-them-entirely-aplnkc2xx source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-enable-these-4-proxmox-settings-on-every-fresh-install type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-07-02T21:32:07.709Z updated: 2026-07-02T21:32:33.230Z tags: ["linux", "infrastructure", "homelab", "proxmox"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I enable these 4 Proxmox settings on every fresh install, and most guides skip them entirely **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Four often-overlooked Proxmox settings recommended for every fresh install: switching the CPU scaling governor from performance to powersave mode to reduce idle power consumption, installing the Node sensor readings view package to display hardware temperatures directly in the PVE web UI, setting up Pulse monitoring server for long-term stats and alerting, and connecting the PVE node to a dedicated Proxmox Backup Server for incremental deduplicated backups with live restore. Additional tips include installing GPU drivers early for LXC passthrough, and disabling HA daemon services on single-node setups to reduce SSD wear. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I always tweak my Proxmox host's settings before spinning up a single VM or LXC](https://daily.dev/posts/i-always-tweak-my-proxmox-host-s-settings-before-spinning-up-a-single-vm-or-lxc-j7bpwodpd) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I rebuilt my home server after 3 years, and these mistakes nearly cost me everything](https://daily.dev/posts/i-rebuilt-my-home-server-after-3-years-and-these-mistakes-nearly-cost-me-everything-d00kjb5to) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I thought my Proxmox server was slow until I changed this setting](https://daily.dev/posts/i-thought-my-proxmox-server-was-slow-until-i-changed-this-setting-9dtndv14c) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure), [#homelab](https://daily.dev/tags/homelab), [#proxmox](https://daily.dev/tags/proxmox) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-enable-these-4-proxmox-settings-on-every-fresh-install-and-most-guides-skip-them-entirely-aplnkc2xx)