Is abc.netgate.com down?

[Steve_B]

Thanks. I believe the issues you are seeing are largely due to pfBlocker which updates the pfSense configuration system (and hence triggers a backup) on a very frequent basis. I have increased the capacity of the server to the highest reasonable value which may help a little.

A couple of years ago a mechanism was introduced to allow pfBlocker to bypass the backup system, but so far it has not found much employment. I plan to contact the developer as well as a member of our own development team to see if we can can some movement there.

In addition, some filtering has been added to pfSense to help alleviate the situation. You should see that in the next release.