[SAC] [support.osuosl.org #20349] Backup Implementation for OSGeo VMs

[tech@wildintellect.com via RT]

I think I've got multiple tickets related to this topic open now.

Yes, we do still need to solve our backup needs. The current idea from 
OSGeo is a 1U server with 4x2TB or 4x3TB drives for $1500-$2500. That 
gives us 4-6 TB RAID 6 usable and should last us 3-5 years.

If you guys can match that pricing and level of service we could use 
your service. Otherwise we'd love a quote on hardware we can pay for to 
get something in soon.

Thanks,
Alex


On 10/20/2012 03:32 PM, Lance Albertson via RT wrote:
> We're you still want to do this? We can always work out a better deal if
> the cost is too high.
>
> Thanks
> On Mar 1, 2012 5:07 PM, "Lance Albertson" <ramereth at osuosl.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:49 PM, tech at wildintellect.com via RT <
>> support at osuosl.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/01/2012 04:35 PM, Lance Albertson via RT wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Martin Spott via RT <support at osuosl.org
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The combined net disk space on the OSGeo VM's is approx. 2 TByte and,
>>>>> even though we currently don't use all of it, I think it's a good idea
>>>>> being prepared to do so.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's going to take a nice chunk of space on our server but
>>>> its manageable. Does your project have any funding to offset the costs
>>> of
>>>> having us do the backups? I can give you an estimate for that if you'd
>>> like.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, we'd like an estimate per GB, or 100 GB or 1 TB. Whichever units
>>> make sense. The alternative we've been considering is buying a new server.
>>
>>
>> So I just re-did all our "rates" recently to figure out costs and it boils
>> down to the following; $50/client up to 500G per client. So that comes up
>> to $500/mo or $6,000/yr and covers around 5T of data. This includes staff
>> time to setup and maintain the system and replace the hardware in three
>> years. But I'm obviously flexible as this is just an estimate.
>>
>>
>>> A copy of our current bacula director config has been sent to Lance. In
>>> some cases (e.g. Apache) we actually want to keep some logs. We are
>>> still undergoing some refinement to make the whole thing more efficient.
>>>
>>
>>   Perfect!
>>
>> I assume you can take care of the keys, since you have access to all the
>>> guests.
>>
>>
>> Yup! Are you currently managing the bacula configs with configuration
>> management on your end? I don't want us to run into that.
>>
>>
>>>   > *nods* Currently restores have to be initiated by us but we are working
>>>> towards creating access to work around that. Will this be a problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks-
>>>>
>>> Generally no, we hope to never have a need for such a restore and in
>>> such an event we'd likely be filing a ticket with you anyways because
>>> something went wrong with the hardware or VMs. Though access to extract
>>> some files from the backups would be nice long term.
>>
>>
>> *nods*
>>
>>> That's going to take a nice chunk of space on our server but its
>>>
>>> We're more than happy to buy disks if that's the best solution.
>>>
>>
>> The cost above generally covers most cases and the server itself is
>> already full of disks.
>>
>> Thanks-
>>
>> --
>> Lance Albertson
>> Systems Administrator / Architect                        Open Source Lab
>> Information Services                             Oregon State University
>>
>>
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