Meraki Replacement Plan
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Would you guys opt for an onsite controller or a hosted one on vultr for $6/month?
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Now @scottalanmiller this doesn't mean we wouldn't add new AP's of ubiquiti's in place of any AP requirements we might have.
But doing a complete gut, just doesn't make sense. (I totally understand the sunk-cost fallacy).
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@jaredbusch said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user while I highly suspect the ERL could handle the workload, I would get the ER8 for a site with 100+ users.
And once you factor in not needing a rack mount, it's not as expensive as it might be.
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
Would you guys opt for an onsite controller or a hosted one on vultr for $6/month?
If you ONLY have one site, go on site. If you have more than one, probably go with Vultr.
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@scottalanmiller said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
Would you guys opt for an onsite controller or a hosted one on vultr for $6/month?
If you ONLY have one site, go on site. If you have more than one, probably go with Vultr.
It is trivial to move later.
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@scottalanmiller said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
Would you guys opt for an onsite controller or a hosted one on vultr for $6/month?
If you ONLY have one site, go on site. If you have more than one, probably go with Vultr.
One site in one building, but there are a few walls in the way. . .
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The physical device would be the USG, correct?
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
The physical device would be the USG, correct?
No, you will not have the USG. That is a piece of shit, gimped ERL.
The UniFi Controller is a VM, running Debian 9.1 preferrably.
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@jaredbusch said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
The physical device would be the USG, correct?
No, you will not have the USG. That is a piece of shit, gimped ERL.
The UniFi Controller is a VM, running Debian 9.1 preferrably.
OK, that was my question. Is there a physical Unifi Controller device, or should it be run as a VM (somewhere).
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@jaredbusch said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
The physical device would be the USG, correct?
No, you will not have the USG. That is a piece of shit, gimped ERL.
The UniFi Controller is a VM, running Debian 9.1 preferrably.
OK, that was my question. Is there a physical Unifi Controller device, or should it be run as a VM (somewhere).
They sell a stick device, but you should never use it IMO.
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If you don't have a place to run a VM locally then run it on Vultr.
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@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
If you don't have a place to run a VM locally then run it on Vultr.
We do, but it's due for a revamp as well
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@ubiquiti-user said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
@coliver said in Meraki Replacement Plan:
If you don't have a place to run a VM locally then run it on Vultr.
We do, but it's due for a revamp as well
That's fine, because the controller can be backed up and then the VM deleted. A new VM can then be built and the controller restored.
During the downtime, your AP's will continue to work just fine. You will only lose history.
