At 08:00 AM 10/17/2005, John Cianfarani wrote:
In the future if I need more space on the wrap platform I was considering
the same thing.
John
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From: Bill Plein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 11:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Packages on WRAP
On 10/16/05, John Cianfarani
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Not sure if this is something you care about since you really don't want
packages installed on the wrap or not.
I haven't voiced this opinion yet, but this is an opportune moment.
Due to the relatively inexpensive prices, I was considering using a 4GB
Minidisk on my Wrap platform. Due to the real disk vs. CompactFlash, the
issue of limited writes goes away (CompactFlash can only accept so many
writes over it's lifetime). It may not be fast, but it would be acceptable.
If I go this route, I will attempt to install a full (LiveCD) version
versus the Embedded version, in order to enable packages and more easily
take advantage of the larger disk.
I was wondering... what would be the downside to having an NFS-mounted file
system for use with packages?
The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is:
- Security... someone gets into your PFSense box, they have access to at
least one NFS share.
- CPU: The WRAP platform is pretty lightweight, just having good disk
capacity via NFS or Microdrive does't solve the performance issues with the
platform.
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