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.

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. 

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.

I wouldn't run a firewall on a media server.

Not in a VM at all.

 

Why?

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.

What if the Firewall VM was using a dedicated passed through NIC, would it not then virtually be a separate device?

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