You're going to use a 10 core 64GB machine as a firewall? Do you mow your lawn with dynamite also? 🤣
No kill like overkill.
Probably too much LTT. Also considering the ankommt of power that would draw, even if basically idling
Obligatory: Debian.
But I'd be tempted to put Proxmox on it and then run containers for each function. Then you get purpose-crafted solutions for each use case, but can easily plug new functions in or shut them down based on what you decide later.
I agree with Proxmox. I know it’s 10 years old, but it seems a waste to use a 10 core, 64GB machine as a firewall.
Actually…put Proxmox on it and put the firewall in a LXC container.
I see you say 'no resale value', but specs like that do 650,- to 700,- here in The Netherlands. Are you sure there is no value here? It seems as a firewall, it will consume lots of electricity. (Too much for 24/7?)
I fully agree. This is still a very high specced computer to be honest. Even for today standards.
Let me know what you settle on and how it works. I just picked one of these up myself.
I was thinking of putting Promox on it. Using it as a NAS was an idea too but I not sure how to get enough storage on it.
It seems like overkill for a firewall.
Debian is always a safe choice for almost everything. It’s also worth checking DistroWatch. They have a search that can filter which distros are developed for a specific task (it’s under “distribution category”).
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