L. V. Lammert wrote:
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
Wish I could split everything off to physical, but all I have for space
for is a mini-rack that fits under my desk in my apartment. (hosting
services around here are insane, especially the $200+ per incident costs
if you need to do something.
Since I have 8 of these machines, I was planning on setting up
duplicated machines on each Virtualization host and carp across them.
