It depends on the topology of your network, but if you want to do this, put a few 1U shallow depth supermicros or similar out at the far edge of your network. The farthest POP from your core. Doesn't have to be expensive, even a 4 year old model is fine as long as it can run the latest debian-testing (stretch) and has a single 1000BaseT interface for things like iperf, etc.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Christopher Gray < [email protected]> wrote: > When working with a smaller remotely located network, is your preference > to install a server on that network for monitoring and such, or to just > tunnel back to your main location for monitoring? > > I've got two remotely located networks with space-restricted sites where I > could install a shallow rack-mount server for some simple VMs. > Specifically, One site is restricted to about 20" deep and 4U, and another > restricted to about 12" deep and 1U. I wouldn't need much processing power, > so some older servers could be sufficient. > > I'm debating whether to go through the effort of finding and setting up > small servers to do monitoring, RADIUS, etc directly on the network, or to > just continue using my main location with tunnels. > > Any suggestions are welcome. >
