DJyStyler Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Hello people I wanted to introduce myself and my system. I have been working on a MediaCenter, SmartHome, router, and firewall solution for several years, but I had to start with the project from the beginning again, because I have a lot of problems, but now I have decided to solve my problem with a virtualization platform. My current setup: NAME: Dev Prototype One MB: ASUS Z9PA-D8C CPU: Intel XEON E5 2670 GPU1: ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti Strix 4096 MB GDDR5 (@ PCIe x16) GPU2: XFX Radeon HD 6870 1024 MB GDDR5 (@ PCIe x16) GPU3: XFX Radeon HD 6870 1024 MB GDDR5 (@ PCIe x8) is planned OS: unRaid 6.2.2 x64 RAM: 64GB is planned Case: Custom (WiP) Photos I will add as soon as the case is finished. Link to comment
Waltm Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Welcome to the forums. Sounds like an interesting project. I'm looking forward to see what you do on the smarthome side of things, and pictures, I always like pictures. Link to comment
Fireball3 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I'm a fan of keeping things plain and simple. I wouldn't run a firewall on a media server. Not in a VM at all. Curious on your pics. Link to comment
NeoDude Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I wouldn't run a firewall on a media server. Not in a VM at all. Why? Link to comment
Fireball3 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Because, the host of the VM is "exposed" in first place first in the chain, before the (virtualized) firewall kicks in. There is a risk, that the host can be compromised. Link to comment
NeoDude Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 What if the Firewall VM was using a dedicated passed through NIC, would it not then virtually be a separate device? Link to comment
Fireball3 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Of course, that's the way you would do it. But in the first step, the VM host will "pick up" the device (hardware) and then pass it to the VM. I can't argue more in detail, I'm not familiar with virtualisation techniques, but I've followed some discussions of more knowledgable people and learned (for me) not to do so. I'm trying to find some sources again. edit: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=1009.0 Link to comment
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