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.

  • jevans ⁂@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I ran pfSense on proxmox for a few years. It was fine, but unnecessarily complicated. I switched to an Intel n6005 mini PC and I’ll never go back. Having a second device meant I was able to get rid of my Dell R720xd and switch to consumer hardware with no internet downtime. It means if something happens and I have to hard reboot my server, I don’t have to worry about my partner getting booted from a video call. Etc. Etc. The mini PC was under $200. It sips power. It’s silent. It’s a no-brainer.

  • bruhbeans@lemmy.ml
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    15 days ago

    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.