pfSense and FreeNAS same server

Jackpot17 · June 17, 2016

How bad of an idea is it to run both pfSense and FreeNAS on the same server as VMs?

tewynkoop · June 17, 2016

FreeNas you should put on its own dedicated hardware but pfsense you could totally run as a VM. This isn't to say that you can't do it you just might run have other issues that you could run into. I looked into this before and a guide I found before was this one: http://www.freenas.org/blog/yes-you-can-virtualize-freenas/ My freenas build I have sitting on its own dedicated hardware because i just wanted to set it up quickly and leave it.

Mountine · June 17, 2016

If you just want to play with thats alright but if you are planning on a daily base use i would go at least with FreeNas installed onto a flash drive (recommended ). I both run PfSense and Freenas but each one with its own dedicated hardware. It is up to you

Jackpot17 · June 17, 2016

Okay thank you very much.

It's something I would use daily so I think it would be best to run them on separate hardware.

dricha36 · June 18, 2016

11 hours ago, Jackpot17 said:

Okay thank you very much.

It's something I would use daily so I think it would be best to run them on separate hardware.

I would also recommend this type of setup. pfSense has VERY low hardware requirements, so any old computer laying around can serve as your pfSense box. This will provide much better reliability, and will be much easier to setup than running these as VMs on one server.