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Installation and Upgrades / Quick few questions re Zentyal...Sluggish? and Free?
« on: February 06, 2011, 04:30:43 pm »
Hi Guys
I've been looking for a free/open PC based router/firewall/server , and w/ my research i narrowed it down to 3.. PFSENSE ClearOS and Zentyal.. i've been thru extensive testing and getting used to w/ PFsense and ClearOS.. now i'm trying out Zentyal....
First impressions where, Zentyal is definitely the "not easiest" and "takes more time" in the installation deparment.. but luckily i survived it hehe. specially that DHCP blunder where it wont start.. resisted posting on the forums till i found the answer and there it was, i had to create a range or it wont start.. w/c i found VERY ODD.. lol never encountered this on any router system bfore..
Anywho, for now there are 2 things on my head..
1) I was expecting this to be "light" on the hardware.. i have an ATOM single core proc, 2GB ram on 80GB hard drive.. and darn this Zentyal is slow on it.. installation took a while (even considering it had to Ubuntu Server w/ it) .. but most annoyingly, the webGui is SLUGGISH.. almost non responsive at times specially accessing the dashboard, the modules list, etc.. while some pages they are fast , mostly it's slow.. specially when SAVING something.. i'd wait anywhere between 10 second to almost a minute! heck i was accessing websites faster than the webGui would refresh.. lolz .. i also tried the webGUI on the box itself and it's the same thing..
IS THIS NORMAL on my hardware? I mean i know it's not a very fast hardware but i didnt expect it to be this sluggish...
Forget the minimum requirements, what is the usual hardware specs you guys run this thing on?
2) I thought Zentyal was FREE .. but why are updates available only to paid customers? and if i do subscribe to the free subscription it tells me it's for testing environments only.. meaning i can't legally deploy it in our office and stuff?? or have I misunderstood something here?
Regards to all!
I've been looking for a free/open PC based router/firewall/server , and w/ my research i narrowed it down to 3.. PFSENSE ClearOS and Zentyal.. i've been thru extensive testing and getting used to w/ PFsense and ClearOS.. now i'm trying out Zentyal....
First impressions where, Zentyal is definitely the "not easiest" and "takes more time" in the installation deparment.. but luckily i survived it hehe. specially that DHCP blunder where it wont start.. resisted posting on the forums till i found the answer and there it was, i had to create a range or it wont start.. w/c i found VERY ODD.. lol never encountered this on any router system bfore..
Anywho, for now there are 2 things on my head..
1) I was expecting this to be "light" on the hardware.. i have an ATOM single core proc, 2GB ram on 80GB hard drive.. and darn this Zentyal is slow on it.. installation took a while (even considering it had to Ubuntu Server w/ it) .. but most annoyingly, the webGui is SLUGGISH.. almost non responsive at times specially accessing the dashboard, the modules list, etc.. while some pages they are fast , mostly it's slow.. specially when SAVING something.. i'd wait anywhere between 10 second to almost a minute! heck i was accessing websites faster than the webGui would refresh.. lolz .. i also tried the webGUI on the box itself and it's the same thing..
IS THIS NORMAL on my hardware? I mean i know it's not a very fast hardware but i didnt expect it to be this sluggish...
Forget the minimum requirements, what is the usual hardware specs you guys run this thing on?
2) I thought Zentyal was FREE .. but why are updates available only to paid customers? and if i do subscribe to the free subscription it tells me it's for testing environments only.. meaning i can't legally deploy it in our office and stuff?? or have I misunderstood something here?
Regards to all!
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