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    • coliverC
      coliver @thwr
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      @thwr said in Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R:

      Veeam itself recommends Windows whiteboxes AFAIK. Maybe the way to go.

      Odd that you would spend a license on Windows for this type of thing. Roll an NFS server and set that as your backup target on a SAM-SD. Virtualize it and give storage to it as you need.

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      • thwrT
        thwr @coliver
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        @coliver said in Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R:

        @thwr said in Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R:

        Veeam itself recommends Windows whiteboxes AFAIK. Maybe the way to go.

        Odd that you would spend a license on Windows for this type of thing. Roll an NFS server and set that as your backup target on a SAM-SD. Virtualize it and give storage to it as you need.

        EDU. Windows licensing isn't a big factor. But you're right, I could easily go for a Linux box with NFS shares.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @thwr
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          @thwr said in Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R:

          @coliver said in Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R:

          @thwr said in Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R:

          Veeam itself recommends Windows whiteboxes AFAIK. Maybe the way to go.

          Odd that you would spend a license on Windows for this type of thing. Roll an NFS server and set that as your backup target on a SAM-SD. Virtualize it and give storage to it as you need.

          EDU. Windows licensing isn't a big factor. But you're right, I could easily go for a Linux box with NFS shares.

          Still requires the effort and time of license management and tracking. It's a pain. Even for free, is Windows providing a benefit?

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          • thwrT
            thwr
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            SAM, stop poking me with that stick, please 😉 Will go for a Linux box.

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            • ObsolesceO
              Obsolesce
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              I like DASs and Linux for backup repositories.

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              • thwrT
                thwr
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                Well, there are four more or less new servers:

                • 2x SuperMicro 4HE 24 Disk HE chassis w/ a single Xeon 2609
                • 2x SuperMicro 2HE two-socket Xeon 2630 w/ 64GB of RAM

                I think I will use the 4 HE chassis to build two big NFS stores. I could easily attach JBODs later.

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                • Mike DavisM
                  Mike Davis @thwr
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                  @thwr said in Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R:

                  Well, there are four more or less new servers:

                  • 2x SuperMicro 4HE 24 Disk HE chassis w/ a single Xeon 2609
                  • 2x SuperMicro 2HE two-socket Xeon 2630 w/ 64GB of RAM

                  I think I will use the 4 HE chassis to build two big NFS stores. I could easily attach JBODs later.

                  Please share the final hardware build sheet on this. I'm guessing the stack of drives will cost more than the chassis.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @thwr
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                    @thwr said in Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R:

                    Veeam itself recommends Windows whiteboxes AFAIK. Maybe the way to go.

                    That is because their software runs on Windows.

                    They do finally have a few things on Linux, but it is a mess still.

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                      dave_c @thwr
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                      @thwr
                      I have mine working out of CentOS 7 minimal with ssh/perl and ports 2500-5000 open. Veeam does not even need root or NFS for a Linux repository.
                      Be careful as Veeam copies and executes programs to /tmp and I had my /tmp partition with noexec; took me a while to figure it out.

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                        Francesco Provino @thwr
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                        @thwr said in Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R:

                        I'm looking for a Veeam B&R backup target recommendation.

                        I can't provide much details at the moment, but I'm looking for ~40TB at the moment.

                        I’m in the same boat as yours. I’m building a Linux backup target with an x3550m4 and a Dell MD1000 attached through a SAS external controller. I just have to finalize the right controller-SAS_ports choice, anyone with experience about that?

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                          anon2 @dave_c
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                          @dave_c Thank you very much. I'm going to build a Veeam backup target with Linux in a few days.

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                            dave_c @anon2
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                            @manheraz
                            This may help a bit:
                            https://www.virtualtothecore.com/en/permissions-for-veeam-backup-linux-repositories/

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