Looking for backup server 10TB

btchost · April 2023

I am in need of a new backup server, as I currently use Mammoth Storage 2022 from Serverica, which offers 8TB of storage, 8GB RAM, and 4 CPUs for $20/month. However, its performance is quite slow, likely due to an excess of virtual machines on the node.

I am searching for an alternative with a similar price range, requiring 8-10TB+ of storage, 10TB of monthly bandwidth on a 1Gbps+ connection, and the ability to support a single website utilized for delivering backup files to my clients. Although access to the site is minimal, it should still efficiently handle server requests when necessary. I would appreciate a solution that is not as oversold as my current server.

Additionally, I would prefer payment in Bitcoin and am open to server locations in the EU, US, or Canada, as the server is solely for backup purposes.

febryanvaldo · April 2023

@crunchbits has it.

bdl · April 2023

I am in need of a new backup server, as I currently use Mammoth Storage 2022 from Serverica, which offers 8TB of storage, 8GB RAM, and 4 CPUs for $20/month. However, its performance is quite slow, likely due to an excess of virtual machines on the node.

Slow disk or network?

Advin · April 2023

Use a Hetzner Cloud VPS and mount a storage box, cost is like 15 euro for 10TB storage and 2GB RAM VPS.

Hetzner Cloud VPS in the same location can transfer at 1 Gbps to the Hetzner storage box, so that's why I recommend getting one with the storage box. Connecting from external providers directly to the storage box is a bit slower in my experience

If you want a more simpler solution, Crunchbits is probably the better option, because the Hetzner storage box route requires you to configure it as a CIFS mount in the Cloud VPS rather than having it show up like a standard HDD.

btchost · April 2023

@bdl said:

I am in need of a new backup server, as I currently use Mammoth Storage 2022 from Serverica, which offers 8TB of storage, 8GB RAM, and 4 CPUs for $20/month. However, its performance is quite slow, likely due to an excess of virtual machines on the node.

Slow disk or network?

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Thu Apr  6 02:17:42 PDT 2023

Basic System Information:
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Uptime     : 39 days, 5 hours, 37 minutes
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz
CPU cores  : 4 @ 2591.803 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM        : 7.6 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB
Disk       : 7.8 TiB
Distro     : CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
Kernel     : 3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7.x86_64
VM Type    : XEN
Net Online : IPv4

IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP        : Rica Web Services
ASN        : AS26832 Rica Web Services
Host       : Rica Web Services
Location   : Montreal, Quebec (QC)
Country    : Canada

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 459.00 KB/s    (114) | 2.34 MB/s       (36)
Write      | 482.00 KB/s    (120) | 2.54 MB/s       (39)
Total      | 941.00 KB/s    (234) | 4.88 MB/s       (75)
           |                      |
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 2.58 MB/s        (5) | 4.38 MB/s        (4)
Write      | 2.81 MB/s        (5) | 4.52 MB/s        (4)
Total      | 5.39 MB/s       (10) | 8.90 MB/s        (8)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 956 Mbits/sec   | 934 Mbits/sec   | 76.8 ms
Scaleway        | Paris, FR (10G)           | busy            | busy            | 85.7 ms
NovoServe       | North Holland, NL (40G)   | 936 Mbits/sec   | 933 Mbits/sec   | 80.3 ms
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 807 Mbits/sec   | 860 Mbits/sec   | 171 ms
Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 929 Mbits/sec   | 930 Mbits/sec   | 86.4 ms
Clouvider       | Dallas, TX, US (10G)      | 985 Mbits/sec   | 959 Mbits/sec   | 42.5 ms
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 934 Mbits/sec   | 940 Mbits/sec   | 70.2 ms

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YABS completed in 14 min 18 sec

I have some concerns about Hetzner's practices, and I try to avoid them. However, I will definitely give a @crunchbits instance a try if it can provide better results. If there are more providers, I'm all in for backup redundancy.

Thanks for the help so far!

Calin · April 2023

Hello sir it s possible give you

10 TB HDD Storage (Raid 5)
10 GB Ram
4 Dedicated CPU
1 GBps port speed shared
10 TB BW download / 10 TB BW upload
ROmanica location
20$/month

Regards,
Calin

btchost · April 2023

@Calin said:
Hello sir it s possible give you

10 TB HDD Storage (Raid 5)
10 GB Ram
4 Dedicated CPU
1 GBps port speed shared
10 TB BW download / 10 TB BW upload
ROmanica location
20$/month

Regards,
Calin

Can you give me a link to signup?

Thank you!

willie · April 2023

@Advin said: Use a Hetzner Cloud VPS and mount a storage box, cost is like 15 euro for 10TB storage and 2GB RAM VPS.

It's about 40euro/m for 10TB and you don't get anything like 1gbps transfer from it, especially when mounting it as a file system. Other than that, it works pretty well. I have 5TB there and use Borg for backup these days, so I don't have to mess with accessing through a VPS. It also supports rsync and a few other protocols. They additionally have the somewhat more expensive Storage Share product which gives you a Nextcloud server.

Calin · April 2023

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Regards,
Calin

Advin · April 2023

@willie said:

@Advin said: Use a Hetzner Cloud VPS and mount a storage box, cost is like 15 euro for 10TB storage and 2GB RAM VPS.

It's about 40euro/m for 10TB and you don't get anything like 1gbps transfer from it, especially when mounting it as a file system. Other than that, it works pretty well. I have 5TB there and use Borg for backup these days, so I don't have to mess with accessing through a VPS. It also supports rsync and a few other protocols. They additionally have the somewhat more expensive Storage Share product which gives you a Nextcloud server.

Guess I misremembered the price, but you absolutely need to mount it or proxy it through a Hetzner Cloud VM in order to hit 1 Gbps. For some reason, I've been able to hit the maximum 1 Gbps on a Hetzner Cloud VM in the same location, or proxying my storage box through a Hetzner Cloud VM and setting up a share on the VM

Transferring from another provider resulted in throughput grinding to a halt. My assumption is that they somehow limit the traffic from external providers and don't for internal traffic between servers in the same DC.

It's 20 euro for 10TB

DataRecovery · April 2023

@btchost said:
Slow disk

Distro     : CentOS Linux 7 (Core)

Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 2.58 MB/s        (5) | 4.38 MB/s        (4)
Write      | 2.81 MB/s        (5) | 4.52 MB/s        (4)
Total      | 5.39 MB/s       (10) | 8.90 MB/s        (8)

IMO, something is definitely wrong.

I have a Mouse package (much smaller) and the speeds I'm getting are very good - like 250 or 280 MB/s (do not recall, as didn't bench it for a while).

The only difference I noticed is the OS - I use Debian 10 "Storage", which was installed by default. Didn't manage to try other OSes yet due to the lack of time.

So I would surely start from contacting either @servarica_hani or support and asking them to have a quick look.

Looking for backup server 10TB

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