Looking for a location to run ownCloud (or similar) with 4TB of storage
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Might be that no one is physically at the location so "needed at any time" might be problematic.
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@scottalanmiller Depends on who needs it and where they work from.
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@art_of_shred said:
Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with leaving it on the USB drive and plugging it in when you need it? Maybe make a second copy on another drive for redundancy. Is low-tech really such a bad idea?
That is the current answer, but they want improved access.
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How much storage is included with Office365? Just thinking that using Sharepoint and ODfB might be doable?
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@JaredBusch said:
@art_of_shred said:
Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with leaving it on the USB drive and plugging it in when you need it? Maybe make a second copy on another drive for redundancy. Is low-tech really such a bad idea?
That is the current answer, but they want improved access.
Sure, and that's where the cost goes up.
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This is where a Raspberry Pi in a tiny rack mount chassis would be awesome. Someone needs to make a two bay, RAID 1 software RAID, RP Zero based shallow 1U chassis that can do up to 8TB in RAID 1 and has ownCloud installed on it. Could be like $600 after drives were purchased!
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@scottalanmiller said:
This is where a Raspberry Pi in a tiny rack mount chassis would be awesome. Someone needs to make a two bay, RAID 1 software RAID, RP Zero based shallow 1U chassis that can do up to 8TB in RAID 1 and has ownCloud installed on it. Could be like $600 after drives were purchased!
Still need to pay collocation fees. So then need to compare those numbers to say just doing ti on Amazon.
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@art_of_shred said:
@JaredBusch said:
@art_of_shred said:
Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with leaving it on the USB drive and plugging it in when you need it? Maybe make a second copy on another drive for redundancy. Is low-tech really such a bad idea?
That is the current answer, but they want improved access.
Sure, and that's where the cost goes up.
Not arguing that it will cost. Just trying to be efficient in finding the right cost.
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@JaredBusch You don't have a shelf in a closet you could rent out???
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1U Colocation will be, I'm sure, a tiny fraction of the Amazon prices. Colocation for that should be no more than $50/mo. A cloud service is likely to be a few times that.
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@JaredBusch said:
@art_of_shred said:
@JaredBusch said:
@art_of_shred said:
Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with leaving it on the USB drive and plugging it in when you need it? Maybe make a second copy on another drive for redundancy. Is low-tech really such a bad idea?
That is the current answer, but they want improved access.
Sure, and that's where the cost goes up.
Not arguing that it will cost. Just trying to be efficient in finding the right cost.
Sorry. I was just being silly, not opposing anything you said.
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@coliver said:
How much storage is included with Office365? Just thinking that using Sharepoint and ODfB might be doable?
They have had nothing but problems with ODfB continually failing to sync and having to run a repair. Happening about every 60 days. They don't even call me for that anymore.
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@art_of_shred said:
@JaredBusch You don't have a shelf in a closet you could rent out???
Heh, my colocation space is already free from a client that had extra room.
Otherwise, I would be all up in doing it that way. -
You could get an inexpensive 1U server packed with some 2-4TB drives in RAID 10 or RAID 1. I'm sure collocation space wouldn't be too much. I've only dealt with one colo facility before so that I don't know much about.
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@coliver said:
You could get an inexpensive 1U server packed with some 2-4TB drives in RAID 10 or RAID 1. I'm sure collocation space wouldn't be too much. I've only dealt with one colo facility before so that I don't know much about.
This would be my preferred path for this simply because I am unfamiliar with the costs of storing 3+ TB of data on a something like Amazon.
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@JaredBusch said:
@coliver said:
You could get an inexpensive 1U server packed with some 2-4TB drives in RAID 10 or RAID 1. I'm sure collocation space wouldn't be too much. I've only dealt with one colo facility before so that I don't know much about.
This would be my preferred path for this simply because I am unfamiliar with the costs of storing 3+ TB of data on a something like Amazon.
I think that the cost would be quantified as... staggering.
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Not really all that bad, but storage is where cloud tends to get really expensive. Once you get to around 1TB or more, colocation tends to start being half or less of the cost. Now if you only need it temporarily or you need it globally replicated, that's different.
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How would this data be backed up, not questioning you just genuinely wondering.
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@coliver said:
How would this data be backed up, not questioning you just genuinely wondering.
His data is old. I believe that the old USB drives will still be around as backups.
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@JaredBusch said:
@art_of_shred said:
Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with leaving it on the USB drive and plugging it in when you need it? Maybe make a second copy on another drive for redundancy. Is low-tech really such a bad idea?
That is the current answer, but they want improved access.
What does improved access mean? Do they have access issues today?
Did you see the other thread where OwnCloud is working with WesternDigital to make this a solution for home users in a simple appliance? (I know you did, you posted in there).
What about that type of idea? A PC or server at the client site to host the OwnCloud side, and the USB drives for storage?
