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    Do I need to add SSD?

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      rickyzhang
      last edited by

      I'm considering to buy SG-3100. If I don't use cache proxy and only use IDS, DHCP, OpenVPN, DDNS and NAT, is it OK to just use 8GB MMC?

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Yes. ☺

        The Snort/Suricata rules can take some space but nothing that would be a problem there. The logs are usually what uses more than intended. But as long as you check they are rotating as expected after installing it should be fine.

        Steve

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        • kiokomanK
          kiokoman LAYER 8
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          indeed, there is also an option for suricata and snort

          Log Directory Size Limit -> Enable Directory Size Limit

          if you set this you are sure that logs will not overwhelm your system

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            rickyzhang
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            Thanks for your comments.

            I got it last Friday. I stream all pfsense log file to rsyslog in my Dell T20 home server. That solved the log problem.

            I got all my need. Now it only use 15% of 6.9GiB of disk.

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              Fabianw @rickyzhang
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              @rickyzhang I purchase an M.2 32GB and reinstalled PFsense on it, because the wear of eMMC

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                rickyzhang
                last edited by rickyzhang

                I didn't look into eMMC inside my SG-3100. I'm not sure if it has level wearing or not.

                But in general, if I only use less than 20% space and streams the log file to other place, I bet it can last for very long.

                Let's do an experiment. We will see who will last longer 5 years from now.

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