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Title: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: vikozo on August 22, 2017, 10:18:50 am: Hello
i will get the APU2C4 and i wish to build in the MSATA
KINGSTON SSDNow mS200 Drive, 240GB (SMS200S3/240G)

will this be a good Option? What about the size?

have a nice day
vinc
Title: Re: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: bartjsmit on August 22, 2017, 11:28:52 am: Hi Vinc,

240 GB is exactly double the size that is recommended: https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/hardware.html

Bart...
Title: Re: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: vikozo on August 22, 2017, 08:41:28 pm: jepp, so the disk it self is also ok to support.
and i am ready for the future ;-)

on the end month i will have all parts an be ready to start...
Title: Re: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: jachu on August 22, 2017, 11:39:49 pm: Quote from: vikozo on August 22, 2017, 10:18:50 am
Hello
i will get the APU2C4 and i wish to build in the MSATA
KINGSTON SSDNow mS200 Drive, 240GB (SMS200S3/240G)

will this be a good Option? What about the size?

have a nice day
vinc

Hi ,

Why are you such a big disk. I have a 32 GB SD card and it's quiet enough.

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Jachu
Title: Re: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: vikozo on August 23, 2017, 03:39:25 pm: will be ready for the future, but yes i will resize it to 120GB the Price is not a big difference ;-)
Title: Re: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: miroco on August 24, 2017, 08:10:03 pm: Hi,

I’m also on an APU2C4 with a Transcend 32 GB mSATA SSD (amd64 (64bit) serial image) OPNSense 17.7. Disk usage is about 4%. Apart from an OpenVPN-server, my installation is pure vanilla. How come that the recommended disk size differ that much, (x4) from mine and I still seem to have a vast space for manoeuvring?

P.S. Don’t forget to activate the thermal sensors.

I’d like to take the opportunity to thank the OPNSense team for a great product :)

Regards,

Miroco
Title: Re: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: bartjsmit on August 24, 2017, 08:34:22 pm: Hi Miroco,

With many web pages running into tens of MB, a squid proxy cache will have a fair appetite for disk space, this also grows with the number of users.

The minimum storage requirement on the page I cited is 4 GB, which is closer to your use case.

Bart...
Title: Re: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: franco on August 24, 2017, 11:06:23 pm: Space for logs is also important. Suricata or Netflow logs can grow quite rapidly.
Title: Re: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: miroco on August 25, 2017, 12:12:49 am: Hi Bart and Franco,

Thank you both for straightening this out. I’m using this setup in a home environment (5 devices). I’m planning to activate at least Suricata intrusion detection (when I learn how to), does that mean I’m low on storage?

Miroco
Title: Re: apu2c4 with SSDNow mS200
Post by: franco on August 25, 2017, 12:18:42 am: No, not at all. The recommended disk space is a guideline for a SMB type setup with several activated subsystems and high average traffic from tens or hundreds of devices where you can store traffic history for a while to go back later and analyse if necessary.

For most setups you can get away with the bare minimum of 4 GB, which simply accounts for enough space to upgrade in the future, install a few packages plugins, etc.

So you are good. :)

Cheers,
Franco