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  • It can make a big difference just in the processing power needed if there’s anything more intense than a straight firewall. IPS tend to be a resource pig. What are the load numbers saying vs the number of CPU cores available?

    I ran into similar (or even worse) choking trying to get it virtualized even with a proper passthrough that I eventually shelved but might take another run at someday. Knocking a couple hundred watts off the stack is always welcome.




  • Linux on phones or desktops suffer from one major problem as I see it, too much choice.

    You make a Windows app it has to work with the latest couple versions, same with Mac.

    Make one for Linux and you have to test it against dozens of popular distros, package it in multiple ways, and hope the dependencies are gonna match.

    It’s an awesome system for IT people and server admins, but for the end user, ehhh… That seems to be the problem things like snap and flat packs are aimed at fixing, which could transition to phones but first you gotta herd the cats into an agreed state.







  • Depends a lot on budget, space, and electricity costs. Going to ‘overkill’ level once can save a lot of these issues down the line.

    Mine started similarly, some small box with a couple drives that got up sized and then moved to another to add more…

    Eventually I bought a used 2U box with 14 bays and set it up with a ZFS pool all made up of mirrored disk pairs and auto snapshots so it can have a drive fail without issue and go back 2 weeks if something gets oops deleted.

    Downside, now the whole lab uses about 700 watts continually so the power bill is kinda nuts.