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    • ObsolesceO
      Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in New Server for the office:

      @coliver said in New Server for the office:

      I would say check out SuperMicro and xByte. They have loads of options available and the support to go along with it.

      Same here. If I am buying servers these days, I pretty much only look at @ryan-from-xbyte xByte for Dell equipment or SuperMicro in markets where getting Dell is difficult (Canada!!) or when we need form factors that Dell does not provide. These are our two go to vendors.

      Hmm, why xByte instead of going through a Dell rep? Pros / Cons?

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      • coliverC
        coliver @Obsolesce
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        @Tim_G said in New Server for the office:

        @scottalanmiller said in New Server for the office:

        @coliver said in New Server for the office:

        I would say check out SuperMicro and xByte. They have loads of options available and the support to go along with it.

        Same here. If I am buying servers these days, I pretty much only look at @ryan-from-xbyte xByte for Dell equipment or SuperMicro in markets where getting Dell is difficult (Canada!!) or when we need form factors that Dell does not provide. These are our two go to vendors.

        Hmm, why xByte instead of going through a Dell rep? Pros / Cons?

        Refurbished servers with support at a much better price.

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        • ObsolesceO
          Obsolesce @coliver
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          @coliver said in New Server for the office:

          @Tim_G said in New Server for the office:

          @scottalanmiller said in New Server for the office:

          @coliver said in New Server for the office:

          I would say check out SuperMicro and xByte. They have loads of options available and the support to go along with it.

          Same here. If I am buying servers these days, I pretty much only look at @ryan-from-xbyte xByte for Dell equipment or SuperMicro in markets where getting Dell is difficult (Canada!!) or when we need form factors that Dell does not provide. These are our two go to vendors.

          Hmm, why xByte instead of going through a Dell rep? Pros / Cons?

          Refurbished servers with support at a much better price.

          Ah I see... New = Dell, Refurbished + support/warranty = xByte?

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          • StrongBadS
            StrongBad @Obsolesce
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            @Tim_G said in New Server for the office:

            @scottalanmiller said in New Server for the office:

            @coliver said in New Server for the office:

            I would say check out SuperMicro and xByte. They have loads of options available and the support to go along with it.

            Same here. If I am buying servers these days, I pretty much only look at @ryan-from-xbyte xByte for Dell equipment or SuperMicro in markets where getting Dell is difficult (Canada!!) or when we need form factors that Dell does not provide. These are our two go to vendors.

            Hmm, why xByte instead of going through a Dell rep? Pros / Cons?

            Lower cost. Same support. So you either save money or you can get more for the money.

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            • StrongBadS
              StrongBad
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              Oh and xByte doesn't have their reps quit every two weeks like the Dell people do. You can always reach the people that you need.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch
                last edited by JaredBusch

                For the workload as you have specified, I would totally go with a Synology and be done.

                Buy a second one and stick it in the main office and use it as a backup target for he first. Or stick the second one in a colo. Your daily change rate seem small so the offsite replication should be no big deal.

                I would not even bother with a server and virtualization and all that overhead (not that it is a lot).

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch
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                  This with 4 x 3TB drives gives you 6TB of space.
                  https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/RS815+

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch
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                    Then you can setup something on the one in the colo to backup to some cloud source to get a detached backup of the data. Since the two Synology will be sync and not backup.

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                    • bigbearB
                      bigbear
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                      @JaredBusch said in New Server for the office:

                      This with 4 x 3TB drives gives you 6TB of space.
                      https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/RS815+

                      Getting a quote on it now... Thanks!

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @bigbear
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                        @bigbear said in New Server for the office:

                        @JaredBusch said in New Server for the office:

                        This with 4 x 3TB drives gives you 6TB of space.
                        https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/RS815+

                        Getting a quote on it now... Thanks!

                        there may be more cost effective models. that was just the first one on the page when I went to get a link for an example.

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                        • bigbearB
                          bigbear @JaredBusch
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                          @JaredBusch I am curious as to whether I could stick a second unit at a branch office and replicate say 500GB of data with that office. Would it require a VPN or do they have any kind of sync over https?

                          Or is it the sync I have seen in QNAP. The GUI looks really cool and it looks like exactly what we need..

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @bigbear
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                            @bigbear said in New Server for the office:

                            @JaredBusch I am curious as to whether I could stick a second unit at a branch office and replicate say 500GB of data with that office. Would it require a VPN or do they have any kind of sync over https?

                            Or is it the sync I have seen in QNAP. The GUI looks really cool and it looks like exactly what we need..

                            Looks like I even have one of those models..
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                            I have never used the built in sync. I use them only as a backup target on site. But it has rsync built in.
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                            • B
                              Brett at ioSafe Vendor @bigbear
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                              @bigbear A diskless 2-bay costs $659.99. You can find pricing on our website.

                              https://iosafe.com

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                              • bigbearB
                                bigbear @JaredBusch
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                                @JaredBusch Do you have the disc manager desktop?

                                These are incredibly cheap!

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                                • bigbearB
                                  bigbear @Brett at ioSafe
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                                  @Brett-at-ioSafe could you recommend a model similar to the Synology? Would love to check that out too.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @bigbear
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                                    @bigbear said in New Server for the office:

                                    @JaredBusch I am curious as to whether I could stick a second unit at a branch office and replicate say 500GB of data with that office. Would it require a VPN or do they have any kind of sync over https?

                                    Or is it the sync I have seen in QNAP. The GUI looks really cool and it looks like exactly what we need..

                                    Basically all NAS use Rsync under the hood and Rsync works directly on SSH.

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                                    • bigbearB
                                      bigbear @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller Has it gotten any better for 2 way sync?

                                      On the website they show dropbox integration. That would be significant.

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                                        Brett at ioSafe Vendor @bigbear
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                                        @bigbear All our NAS are similar to Synology as they all run Synology's operating system 🙂 What capacity to do you need? The 216 provides up to 16TB of raw capacity while the 1515+ provides up to 120TB (when used in conjunction with expansion chassis)..

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @bigbear
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                                          @bigbear said in New Server for the office:

                                          @scottalanmiller Has it gotten any better for 2 way sync?

                                          No one really does two way sync. Rsync doesn't even attempt two way.

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                                          • bigbearB
                                            bigbear @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller I wonder if the dropbox integration could sync a large folder between two synology devices.

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