On Mon, 13 Jan 2014, Christopher Ahrens wrote:
> I have recently inherited a set of high-spec machines that I intend to
> use for OpenBSD. I am planning on using these machines for DNS, HTTP,
> mail, LDAP, netboot, build system for following -stable, etc. So my
> question is, is it recommended to load all these
> services on a single instance OpenBSD running on bare metal or to
> virtualize and use much smaller OpenBSD virtual machines?
>
It would be much better to use a set of small machines (we use older
Compaq 386s & 486s) for most of those servers, .. save the 'big iron' for
a web server where it might be beneficial.
Virtualization does not make sense for core services - higher chance of a
single failure taking down multiple services and security can be a
problem.
Lee
