You’re thinking i could make a bash script that pauses all torrents and a cronjob that restarts containers with some timing built in?

How did you get your users through the tailscale process? I fear the tailscale sign in process is dissuading my potential users.

I wish the questions weren’t mandatory. I am only knowledgeable enough to fairly answer 5 or so of the questions.

If you’re considering building your own firewall, you’ve started down a long path of homelabbing. I’d encourage you to start with a proper setup and allow yourself plenty of room to grow. You want your setup to be extensible, and the firewall is just the beginning.

I’d grab at least a 15U rack and a Dell poweredge R210. Throw in a gigabit nic and install OPNsense. You’ll have room for your switches, NAS, UPS, etc… later.

Sounds like your uncle did end up working for the company again, if only for an hour or day.

No mention of Cuba’s 84 physicians per 10k citizens?