Backup server

[Pepe (Jose) Amengual]

you can run freenas if you want in one of this :

http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/03/19/backblaze-storage-pod-4/

Controller is fully supported for freebsd.


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Rick Romero <rick at havokmon.com> wrote:

>  Hi Nick,
>
> It doesn't have 8x pcie - not sure how much a requirement of that is - but
> I started with 2 of these for a 24tb raidz2 array w/4Tb drives (on both
> primary and backup servers) I built last year and have been very happy with
> them.  Asus RS720-E7/RS12-E
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816110076
>
> From NewEgg, it came with the optional Pike RAID card (512Mb cache) to
> access all drives. Otherwise you're limited to 6 or 8, IIRC. On the primary
> server I used 12 SATA, and 'statically' mounted another 2 SSDs internally
> (w/ USB to SATA power adapters).  It's large, airy, w/ good performance.
> I really enjoyed working on them.
>
> Rick
>
>
> Quoting Nick Wolff <nwolff at oar.net>:
>
>  Hello,
>>
>> Does anybody have any recommendations for enterprise class servers to
>> run backups to (using dump). Last gen hw for us doing this was a intel
>> sr2500. We our currently on our own build of 8 stable but will be moving
>> to 9 stable soon.(not sure if I want our backup server to be our first
>> production 9 build though). We prefer turn key vendors so we can get
>> good support contracts etc... But I am skilled enough to build this on my
>> own if there vastly better case and board options going that path.
>>
>> 6 sata/sas 3.5in hotswap minimum(+ boot) 8 drives preferred (software
>> raid.)
>> 8x pcie 2.0 slot for Supermicro AOC-STGN-i2S (10gb ethernet controller)
>> Planning on 6 or 8 4tb constellation drives
>> Redundant Power supplies
>>
>> I'm just looking for any experience anybody has with various hardware
>>
> to
>
>> figure out what is both going to work with freebsd and also what is
>> going to be reliable with a good life span.
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>>
>> Nick Wolff
>>
>> Backbone Routing Engineer
>> OARnet
>> 1224 Kinnear Road
>> Columbus, OH 43212
>> Phone: (614) 247-1517
>> Fax: (614) 292-9390
>> email: nwolff at oar.net
>>
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