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Can a UPS Manage Two Home Servers Through One USB Connection?
Yes—connect USB to one monitoring host and let the second server receive UPS status over the network, with safe shutdown thresholds.
Can an Integrated GPU Be Shared Between a VM and Host Containers?
Sometimes—full passthrough removes the iGPU from the host, while supported mediated devices or SR-IOV can enable sharing.
Can You Pass One USB Controller to a VM Without Losing Host Ports?
Yes—if the target ports sit on a separate controller and isolated IOMMU group; passing a controller transfers every port it owns.
Can a VM Use a NAS Share as a Secondary Data Disk?
Yes—a VM can use NAS storage, but choose a file share or virtual block disk based on workload semantics and failure behavior.
Can Proxmox Back Up an LXC Container While Its Database Is Running?
Proxmox can back up a running LXC, but an active database needs its own consistency step or a tested crash-recovery path.
Can You Store Photo Thumbnails on SSD While Originals Stay on HDD?
Yes—photo thumbnails can live on SSD while originals stay on HDD, provided the app supports separate paths and both tiers are backed up correctly.
Can a Self-Hosted Gallery Preserve Apple Live Photo Pairing?
A conditional home-server decision for Apple Live Photo pairing, with controlled tests, result interpretation, rollback, and focused FAQs.
Can You Import Google Takeout and Phone Backups Into One Photo Library?
A conditional home-server decision for combined photo import, with controlled tests, result interpretation, rollback, and focused FAQs.
