Back up server 1700$

swisz

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Hello guys.

i am here to ask what parts i should invest in my backup(media) server?
The data that will be back upped is around 15 tb as we speak.

Need to be a possibility to upgrade the data space to around 50 tb.
The server will only be used for backup and nothing else - with ftp or LAN.

As it comes to raid, i was thinking Raid 0 for maximum of space.

Do you suggest any other Raid?

My budget is MAX: 1300 Euro / 1000 Pound / 1700 USD

All my parts will be brought from Amazon.uk

Thanks guys!

 
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Raid 0 is not recommended for a backup server.

To make your budget stretch you may want to look at building your own whitebox storage array.

I would suggest Nexenta Core for Sun ZFS, but it is only free for up to 18TB of raw storage. To get 15GB of usable space for your files, which won't compress or deduplicate well, you'll need around 20 TB raw. So instead look at something like FreeNAS.

A Single Intel SAS controller card will support up to 8 hard drives. Make sure it can support 3TB drives. You can get 2 SAS to SATA break out cables and put 8 x 3TB drives on it for a total of 24TB raw.

2.5" drives are better than 3.5" drives for noise and vibration. The quieter/smoother the better. The ambient vibration from head...
Raid 0 is not recommended for a backup server.

To make your budget stretch you may want to look at building your own whitebox storage array.

I would suggest Nexenta Core for Sun ZFS, but it is only free for up to 18TB of raw storage. To get 15GB of usable space for your files, which won't compress or deduplicate well, you'll need around 20 TB raw. So instead look at something like FreeNAS.

A Single Intel SAS controller card will support up to 8 hard drives. Make sure it can support 3TB drives. You can get 2 SAS to SATA break out cables and put 8 x 3TB drives on it for a total of 24TB raw.

2.5" drives are better than 3.5" drives for noise and vibration. The quieter/smoother the better. The ambient vibration from head movement and drive motor noise can actually contribute to low performance, because of miniscule head repositioning and error correction when reading/writing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4

You don't need a powerful CPU. A midrange quad core will be plenty. But you want a lot of RAM, and possibly use several small SSDs for boot and caching. Mirror the SSDs. Use a moitherboard that supports ECC RAM and use ECC RAM.
 
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