Hello All,
Sorry for the non-crystallography post, but I thought this was a good place to
ask my question since some discussion regarding archiving a few months back
skirted my topic, albeit barely. I have a question about back-up servers. I
want to spend between 2-4 grand(could be a little more if necessary or less if
possible) for something that will do back-ups of the machines in our
lab(currently 4 linux machines and a couple of pcs). I'd like for it to run
linux and perform a backup weekly or possibly more often if necessary. I was
thinking of something with mirrored drives(2 to 4 up to 750 GB each). Does
anyone have any suggestions and/or pitfalls to watch out for in
purchasing/setting up this type of thing? While I feel that I'm savy enough to
set up a machine software-wise to perform this function, I must admit that
"PERC this and Raid that" is a bit foreign to me. I just configured an
example(rather blindly) on the Dell site. Any input would be appreciated? Feel
free to tell me that the configuration is more than i'll need and/or is a load
of crap. I just want something that will efficiently save the data on our
computers. Feel free to email me directly unless you feel others would befit
from the discussion.
All the best and thanks in advance.
Todd Green
University of Alabama at Birmingham
This configuration was around 2300 bucks:
PowerEdge 840:
Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2160, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB 84E18
[223-1499] 1
Operating System:
No Operating System NOOS [420-6320] 11
Memory:
2GB DDR2,667MHz, 2x1GB Dual Ranked DIMMs 2G2D6D
[311-5313] 3
Drive Cage Configuration:
Chassis with Hot Swap Drives for PE 840 CHHS [341-3900]
28
Hard Drive Configuration:
Hot Plug Add-in PERC5i (SATA/SAS Contrl) supports 3-4 Hard Drives - RAID 5
HASR5 [341-3899] 27
Primary Hard Drive Controller:
PERC 5i SAS internal Raid adapter, PCI -Express PERC5I
[341-3902] 9
Primary Hard drive:
750GB 7.2K RPM Universal SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive 750S2HP
[341-4429] 8
2nd Hard Drive:
750GB 7.2K RPM Universal SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive 750S2HP
[341-4429] 23
3rd Hard Drive:
750GB 7.2K RPM Universal SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive 750S2HP
[341-4429] 54
4th Hard Drive:
750GB 7.2K RPM Universal SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive 750S2HP
[341-4429] 51
Network Adapter:
Onboard Single Gigabit Network Adapter, No TOE OBNIC
[430-2017] 13
TCP/IP Offload Engine Enablement:
Broadcom® Dual Port TCP/IP Offload Engine Not Enabled NTOEKEY
[430-1765] 6
System Documentation:
No Hard Copy Documentation, E-Docs only and OpenManage CD kit EDOCS
[310-8209] 21
CD/DVD Drive:
48x CDRW/DVD IDE Combo Drive, Half-Height CDRWDVD
[313-4451] 16
Floppy Drive:
No Floppy Drive NOFD [341-2489] 10
Mouse:
Optical Two-Button Mouse, USB, Black USBOPT [310-8172]
12
Keyboard:
Keyboard, USB USBK4 [310-8170] 4
Monitor:
Dell E177FP, Flat Panel, 17.0 Inch Viewable Image Size 17LCD
[320-5576] 5
