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    Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R

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    • brandon220B
      brandon220
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      I use a NAS and have been for a few years. No issues at all.

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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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