file/backup server

[Julian H. Stacey]

Bakul Shah wrote:
> Not sure what is the right group for this kind of query but
> perhaps people on this group has had similar need.  I'd like
> to give freebsd guys a first shot hence a freebsd group.
> 
> I am looking for a vendor who will supply a small
> number of fileservers but mainly for backing up a few TB of
> data (exact number not yet known). These will be used in
> various sites. I am envisioning one or two zfs based system.
> One is on all the time and provides some shared storage and
> at least nightly backups.  The other is used to sync with the
> first one and but not used otherwise -- used sort of like a
> tape drive (since they don't seem to scale to TB size backups
> without spending lots of money). zfs since it will allow me
> to grow storage seamlessly and raidz2 ought to be good
> enough.  Other ideas are possible. If you know of a vendor or
> are one, please contact me privately.  Please include me in
> the cc list in case you wish to reply to the group.
> 
> Thanks!

Rod Grimes used to sell custom BSDboxes I recall.
Various other people too. probably some are on hardware@
Also see http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/hardware.html

For renting servers in Europe eg np at bsn.com &/or mwe at consol.de (bcc'd
so they wont drown in follow up :-).
&/or http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/isp.html

Also
	http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/commercial.html
Cheers,
Julian
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