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    Backup target recommendation for Veeam B&R

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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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