Author Topic: [SOLVED] Virtual or Metal? (Read 3365 times)

albercuba · « **on:** January 18, 2019, 10:23:32 am »

Hi everyone,

is there any downside on using OPNSense as a virtual machine instead of as a metal server?

weust · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2019, 12:41:25 pm »

That depends on your use case.
Home vs work.

For home using a VM usually is fine, for work I would like it on metal.

albercuba · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2019, 01:15:40 pm »

It will be for work.

The advantages I see in the virtual setup is that VMs are easier to maintain and recover. I know it adds other attack surfaces but my company is not on anyone's radar, so the chances of someone specifically targeting us are pretty close to 0.

weust · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2019, 10:49:24 pm »

It's your risk to take ;-)

Brent Dacus · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2019, 07:10:47 pm »

metal

Just old school I guess...

bartjsmit · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2019, 07:33:56 pm »

Virtual firewalls do have some advantages

- Adjust resources depending on demand
- High availability without the complexity of CARP
- VLAN's presented as virtual NIC's
- Snapshots to quickly roll back failed changes
- Never get locked out of a remote console
- Simplified hardware compatibility

Bart...

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albercuba

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