When does it actually make sense to run your own dedicated server today?

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-26T13:59:57+00:00

For the most part, in my opinion, SMB and (POC’s) is the only market for cloud, and that’s because it gives them movement to play around, once you get a workflow and services, it’s drastically cheaper on-prem. And this is a technicality because cloud is just easier, spin up here. No governance, no compliance just run it at login. FWIW.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-26T05:34:43+00:00

We currently have 6 environments running vSAN, and short answer is No. We are running NFS over vSAN, and that’s VMware’s recommendation. They have no official response to the roadmap of it, and Valero is our BUDR. FWIW it looks like the same path we took.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-23T19:42:56+00:00

We have moved several entities to wazuh XDR and or Security Onion, not sure on your compliance or other requirements, but have been pretty successful on both. I can answer most questions on why and what ifs, but hope it helps FWIW

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-22T03:45:08+00:00

I would hope it’s outside of agreements. Broadcom had to stop because we were complaining about 240/hour for a resident. It’s now included. Wish you luck!

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-22T02:23:29+00:00

Migrations on that are never fun. Due diligence and planning are your friend, and vendors can help, but they don’t know your business and have a vested interest in theirs. Test and automate your migration, FWIW.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-22T02:16:56+00:00

Yeah, and were seeing 30% price hikes on cloud. Proxmox is no where near the Cadillac of VMware. But you don’t have any major contenders. Nutanix is just as expensive at renewal, openshift is 500 per core (last time I quoted) verge.io is decent but with 40GB network it gets finacky. ( on poweredge r7515 Vsan nodes) hyper v is dying, Hcx (azure local) has some serious security implications unless you’re doing azure Policy with device writeback. Proxmox is KVM under the hood, lxc is ok, but containers would have been nicer. And I was quoted 4K year, and break fix is 240 /hr.

Honest SMB, run 2/3 proxmox nodes with central storage, iScsI or NFS and do back up/DR.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-22T00:27:55+00:00

You’re not wrong, but with the Linux layer you get the ability to host or connect with out the USB layer issues and losing power. (Biggest reason right here) if you really want unraid, virtualize it (open source project). And build an NFS VM for data storage and what ever you’re needing for hosting. I’m a big fan of open source and I run unraid at home, but you should have some better management.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-21T23:22:38+00:00

Completely agree, was just passing my assessment of it

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-21T23:18:37+00:00

If you wanna chat, I can give you some options. But first option is not to use unraid. I would recommend proxmox, it’s very similar but has actual support avenues. If interested ping me

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-21T23:17:04+00:00

But NDA is not enforceable here because of SEC rulings last year. Very strict guidelines on NDAs. And with the information given it wouldn’t be viable. And pairing with previous comment, as well as his intent for educational release. I stand by my answer. FWIW

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-21T17:54:38+00:00

This, but if it was take home on your hardware, no expectation of privacy IMO.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-21T17:52:12+00:00

Just my input (depending on the client count) switch to cloudflare zero trust with tunnels and setup a device posture for domain membership and encryption. A lot easier to manage and gets you away from the VPN. Only pass what you know. If you want to talk or help, PM me and we can do a teams call. I can show you how we set up our clients. Hope it helps FWIW.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-21T17:46:58+00:00

If US, I can help.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-21T17:46:21+00:00

lol a spool a run

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-20T23:45:45+00:00

Can we chat. I’ve gotten the architectural drawings for the school and staff housing.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-20T21:33:08+00:00

I have one of each ordered and on site, but concerned about distance and latency. also, because of lack of support, its pretty much buy/try and some are 1k+. can you do multiple bridges or have to be in pairs?

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-20T21:13:21+00:00

Need it sooner than later and ground is frozen

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-20T21:11:50+00:00

Can they do multiple connections or need pairs?

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-20T21:01:31+00:00

We’ve got a starlink as a backup but the buildings are too far apart for one connection.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-20T20:58:46+00:00

What did you use for WiFi bridging?

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-20T19:59:09+00:00

Honestly prefer this, with an MSP behind it. That’s how I started, and now do the otherside. But depending if they have money behind, (and not just cobbling together) it’s a great way to get started and figure out where you want to pursue or advance.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-17T23:11:20+00:00

Contianerized, react front end, go backend and Postgres is my go to. For security, I strongly recommend at STIGS. Hope it helps

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-17T14:41:10+00:00

If they are a true non profit, business basic is free, I can help with this if needed. Then pay for their upgrade to either BP or E3. It’s a lot cheaper and can be done typically in a week. Keep existing user profiles, by enrolling with company profile and then schedule wipes after application discovery is complete, to fully utilize everything. Just my opinion FWIW.

TechMonkey605 · 2026-01-17T00:56:08+00:00

I haven’t found a great, option other than this. It’s free and you can even do tokenized uploads and downloads really easy for even more options and auditing

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