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Hypervisor Storage Passthrough Utility
A specialized software tool or Proxmox plugin that automates and validates the safe passthrough of physical SATA controllers and HBAs to virtual machines, eliminating the kernel panics and RAID failures common in virtualized NAS setups.
Why this matters
A specialized software tool or Proxmox plugin that automates and validates the safe passthrough of physical SATA controllers and HBAs to virtual machines, eliminating the kernel panics and RAID failures common in virtualized NAS setups.
- · Built for Homelabbers running virtualized NAS OS (Synology/TrueNAS) on top of hypervisors like Proxmox or ESXi..
- · Most likely monetization: Freemium (Basic validation free, automated remediation paid).
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Headline
Hypervisor Storage Passthrough Utility
Sub-headline
A specialized software tool or Proxmox plugin that automates and validates the safe passthrough of physical SATA controllers and HBAs to virtual machines, eliminating the kernel panics and RAID failures common in virtualized NAS setups.
Who It's For
For Homelabbers running virtualized NAS OS (Synology/TrueNAS) on top of hypervisors like Proxmox or ESXi.
Feature List
✓ Automated IOMMU group validation ✓ 1-click SATA controller passthrough configuration ✓ Kernel panic diagnostic logs and remediation suggestions
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Community Voices
Real quotes from Reddit comments that inspired this opportunity
- “it's super janky, the raid fails constantly and has to be rebuilt. My research says this is because I didn't pass the actual sata controller through.”
- “When I passed just the drives, it worked fine but the performance was extremely unstable (had a few kernel panics the first few day)”
- “felt the virtual controller was likely the culprit”
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