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Opensense/Firewall on Proxmox VE vs dedicated device (lemmy.ml)

submitted 20 hours ago by Gibberish9031@lemmy.ml to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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Hi everone, basically what the title says. I am just starting my homelab and I am somewhat conflicted on whether I should run Opensense in Proxmox or should I buy a n100 device dedicated for it. What are some of the pros and cons of doind either or. So far in my research I have only come across articles/forum posts explaining how to run Opensense in Proxmox.

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[–] Gibberish9031@lemmy.ml 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I have been thinking about this as well, but then I see so many people running Opensense in Proxmox and think maybe it's not that big of an issue.

[–] gray@pawb.social 3 points 10 hours ago

I ran opnsense in a VM for years with no issue, just recently went to dedicated hardware. Every now and then I’d want to replace a drive or swap the GPU in the host for jellyfin and taking the internet out with it sucks a lot.

Being able to snapshot opnsense is cool, but opnsense also has a very robust backup and restore system so idk.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 3 points 14 hours ago

I run opnsense in proxmox, and have done for what must be coming up to 5 years.

Yes I have fucked up proxmox occasionally, but I use my 'router' as my wifi AP. If I have fucked up I can bring internet back up with a single cable swap and a quick config change on the router