[amorousf00p]

I look at this setup and say to myself that this is just the wrong way to do it. A 'floating' vm to NAT and route? Ceph does look very nice but I have no need for anything but file based storage.

Here is my top down take on a more traditional (cheaper) approach. * 2 1G 5 port edge switches * IDS * vrrpd balanced cots NAT routers -w- RIPng + nginx as generic and web proxy. * LAN 1G 12 port switches (1 hot, 1 cold) * 2 synology NAS (redundant, manual failover). * etc...