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Layer 2 VPN from Mikrotik to linux – Proxmox PVE

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Mikrotik version 7 brings many new features, including wireguard vpn. Wireguard vpn is fine, but it is layer 3 VPN – can not be bridged. What if you need L2 VPN, for example to migrate local server to datacenter and from network view keep it in your local network?

In my setup I wanted to be able migrate VMs from local Proxmox PVE to PVE running  in Hetzner in datacenter. PVE in datacenter was dedicated server.

Mikrotik 7.1 also support l2tpv3, which is not very well documented in Mikrotik wiki yet, but it enables Layer 2 VPN. L2tpv3 is also supported in linux. How to create bridge between them?

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Do not use consumer SSD with ZFS (for virtualization)

I have been successfully using consumer SSD in my ESXi for few years. After migration to Proxmox, I have tried to use ZFS for virtual machines. First few weeks I was very happy about it. Then I noticed very fast increasing SSD wearout levels on my new SSDs. Proxmox support forums and reddit are full of users mentioning proxmox is destroying SSD, but I thought this is just rumor. Where is the true?

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