Backblaze pod running Linux with Samba, or perhaps running Server 2012R2? https://www.backblaze.com/b2/storage-pod.html and https://www.backblaze.com/blog/open-source-data-storage-server/
It does use a SuperMicro motherboard... Kurt On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Eric Morrison <[email protected]> wrote: > For our backup environment, we use DPM on Hyper-V on a SOFS for dedup. Time > to replace the SOFS nodes and backend FC SAN as it’s really old. > > > > We’re looking at a few options and I was curious if anyone had any > experience with anything like this? > > > > 1. DataOn CiB which has two nodes running Windows Server 2012 R2 and > storage spaces as the SMB target for the DPM VMs. > > a. I personally like this option as it’s only 4U and we would only > half populate it with 34 drives to accomplish our usable space requirements. > We could also expand up to 70 drives in the future to fully populate if we > need more space and can even add one of their JBOD systems for additional > space. > > 2. SuperMicro CiB is also a two node system like DataOn. > > a. I don’t care for this one as much, since it only has 24 drive > capacity in 4U, compared to DataOn 70 drive capacity, and would require an > additional 4U JBOD to reach the same amount of usable space as the DataOn. > > 3. JBOD from any vendor, like SuperMicro and two rackmount boxes > connected via SAS to the JBOD box. > > a. DataOn has an option like this where we’d have to supply our own > server nodes, which is no problem. SuperMicro also has a 90 bay drive bay > JBOD that we could use. > > > > So far between option 1 and 2 is only around a $2k to $5k with SuperMicro > solution being built on ThinkMate.com and DataOn quote after speaking with > their sales people. > > > > So besides DataOn and SuperMicro, are there any other inexpensive options to > achieve around 160TB usable space as an SMB target? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Eric Morrison > >
