From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 24 16:15:06 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95FC0307 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:15:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.uso.edu (mx1.uso.edu [131.187.90.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 116B191D for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:15:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from unknown (HELO USOAPP09V04P.si.lan) ([131.187.110.68]) by mx1.uso.edu with ESMTP; 24 Mar 2014 12:13:56 -0400 Received: from USOAPP08V04P.si.lan ([169.254.1.244]) by USOAPP09V04P.si.lan ([169.254.2.212]) with mapi id 14.01.0438.000; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:13:56 -0400 From: Nick Wolff To: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" Subject: Backup server Thread-Topic: Backup server Thread-Index: AQHPR3wOwZ5/x0n1PUiAxghFjxUqsw== Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:13:55 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: user-agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.3.4.130416 x-originating-ip: [131.187.109.8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:15:06 -0000 Hello, Does anybody have any recommendations for enterprise class servers to run b= ackups to (using dump). Last gen hw for us doing this was a intel sr2500. W= e 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 bu= ild though). We prefer turn key vendors so we can get good support contract= s etc=85 But I am skilled enough to build this on my own if there vastly be= tter 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=92m 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 t= o 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@oar.net