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Opensense/Firewall on Proxmox VE vs dedicated device (lemmy.ml)

submitted 16 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everone, basically what the title says. I am just starting my homelab and I am somewhat conflicted on whether I should run Opensense in Proxmox or should I buy a n100 device dedicated for it. What are some of the pros and cons of doind either or. So far in my research I have only come across articles/forum posts explaining how to run Opensense in Proxmox.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Pros: less physical hardware to deal with. If you can set up to where your VM can move across proxmox nudes, that improves resilience.

Cons: if you can't fail over, you could get to where you need to fuss with the box where the Opnsense VM lives and have to also take down Opnsense.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 15 hours ago

proxmox nudes

No judgement here, you just keep doing what makes you happy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

Thank you for your response, I'll keep your poniters in mind when ultimately making my decision.